On Byzantium

Title(s):
  • On Byzantium
  • Βυζαντιακά
    (Buzantiaka, On Byzantium)
Period covered:
Unknown
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
While describing the emigrations of Goths, Stephanus mentions a book of his own dedicated to Byzantium (ὡς εἴρηταί μοι ἐν τοῖς Βυζαντιακοῖς). According to Meineke (1958: 212), the grammar does not make reference to an entire book, but only to an entry of his Ethnica (cf. 189, 12-190, 10 Meineke = β 130 Billerbeck). Such an interpretation has been rejected by Billerbeck (2006: 435 n. 97).
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Stephen of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Γότθοι
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • M. Billerbeck (2006) Stephani Byzantii Ethnica. Volume One: A - Γ (Corpus fontium historiae Byzantinae, 43.1). Berlin - New York: 434-435.
  • A. Meineke (1958) Stephan von Byzanz: Ethnika. Graz.