Patria of Constantinople

Title(s):
  • Patria of Constantinople
  • Πάτρια Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
    (Patria Kōnstantinoupoleōs, Patria of Constantinople)
Period covered:
At least since 324
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (patria)
  • Poetry (general)
Remarks:
According to the testimony of the Suda (χ 526), Christodorus wrote the Patria of Constantinople in hexameters (ἐπικῶς).
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Bibliography:
  • F. Baumgarten (1881) De Christodoro poeta Thebano. Bonn.
  • F. Baumgarten (1899) 'Christodoros'. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft 3: 2450-2452.
  • Al. Cameron (1965) 'Wandering poets: A literary movement in Byzantine Egypt'. Historia 14: 470-509.
  • Al. Cameron (1970) Claudian: Poetry and propaganda at the court of Honorius. Oxford: esp. 478-482.
  • R.C. McCail (1978) 'P.Gr. Vindob. 29788C: Hexameter encomium on an unnamed emperor'. The Journal of Hellenic Studies 98: 38-63.