Title(s):
- Chronological epitome
- Χρονικὴ ἐπιτομή(Chronikē epitomē, Chronological summary)
Period covered:
Creation-Theodosius I
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
- Secular history (chronological history)
Remarks:
According to Croke (1990: 33), Heliconius covered history until the reign of Theodosius II and was one of the models of John Malalas' Chronicle. As Janiszewski (2006: 414) shows, the former idea is clearly wrong (the Suda mentions the age of Theodosius τοῦ μεγάλου); the latter is not demonstrable, since Malalas never names this source. The fragments demonstrate a particular interest in the history of literature.
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