Late Antique Historiography

Chronography

Title(s):
  • Chronography
  • Ἐκλογὴ χρονογραφίας
    (Eklogē chronographias, Selection of chronography)
Author:
Period covered:
Creation-284
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Chronicle (chronography)
Remarks:
Gelzer (1898) assumes that George Syncellus had access to his ancient sources through Annianus and Panodorus, but the idea is refuted by Serruys (1913). See also Tuffin - Adler (2002).
Edition - Translation:
  • A.A. Mosshammer (1984) Georgii Syncelli Ecloga chronographica. Leipzig.
  • W. Adler, P. Tuffin (2002) The Chronography of George Synkellos: A Byzantine chronicle of universal history from the Creation. Oxford.
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Bibliography:
  • W. Adler (1989) Time immemorial: Archaic history and its sources in Christian chronography from Julius Africanus to George Syncellus. Washington D.C.
  • H. Gelzer (1898) Sextus Julius Africanus und die byzantinische Chronographie. Volume Two. Leipzig.
  • V. Grecu (1947) 'Hat Georgios Synkellos weite Reise unternommen?'. Memoriile sectiei istorice a Akademiei Române 28.2: 248-251.
  • G.L. Huxley (1981) 'On the eudition of George Synkellos'. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 81.6: 207-217.
  • C. Mango (1988-1989) 'The tradition of Byzantine chronography'. Harvard Ukrainian Studies 12-13: 360-372.
  • L. Neville (2018) Guide to Byzantine historical writing. Cambridge.
  • D. Serruys (1913) 'Les Canons d'Eusebe, d'Annianos et d'Andronicos d'apres Élie de Nisibe'. Byzantinische Zeitschrift 22: 1-36.
  • I. Ševčenko (1992) 'The search for the past in Byzantium around the year 800'. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 46: 279-293.
  • W.T. Treadgold (2013) The middle Byzantine historians. Basingstoke.