Late Antique Historiography

Euthymiac history

Title(s):
  • Euthymiac history
  • Εὐθυμιακὴ ἱστορία
    (Euthumiakē historia, Euthymian history)
Author:
Period covered:
At least middle of 5th c.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Ecclesiastical history
Remarks:
Sources call this the Euthymiac history, but it is unclear where this name stems from. The two extant fragments deal with Flavian of Constantinople (446-449) and the assumption of Mary. The second one is also attested in the Christian Arab tradition.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • John of Damascus, Sermon on the dormition of the Virgin Mary 2.18 = Synaxarium Constantinopolitanum p. 794
  • Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulos, Ecclesiastical history 14.47 = Nikon, Pandects [Patrologia Graeca 96.747]
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Sources:
Bibliography:
  • P.B. Kotter (1988) Die Schriften des Johannes von Damaskos (Patristische Texten und Studien, 29). Berlin-New York.
  • S. Shoemaker (2002) Ancient traditions of the Virgin Mary's dormition and assumption. Oxford: 68-69.
  • M. van Esbroeck (1975-1976) 'Un témoin indirect de l'histoire euthymiaque dans une lecture arabe pour l'assomption'. Parole de l'Orient 6-7: 479-491.
  • A. Wenger (1955) L'assomption de la T.S. Vierge dans la tradition byzantine du VIe au Xe siècle. Paris.