Title(s):
- Patria of Constantinople
- Πάτρια τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως(Patria tēs Kōnstantinoupoleōs, Patria of Constantinople)
Period covered:
Foundation of Constantinople-10th c.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
- Secular history (local history)
Remarks:
The work consists of four parts. Patria I consists of the Πάτρια Κωνσταντινουπόλεως κατὰ Ἡσύχιον Ἰλλούστριον (Patria of Constantinople by Hesychius of Miletus), which is the unique surviving fragment of Hesychius' Chronicle and a revised version or paraphrase of Hesychius's short final chapters, written in the sixthcentury.
Patria II, under the heading Πάτρια τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. περὶ στηλῶν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ περὶ Ἀδιαβηνῆς (The Patria of Constantinople: On statues, together with a chapter on Adiabene), makes extensive use of the Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai.
Patria III, under the title Περὶ Κτισμάτων (On buildings), is a compilation of 215 notices upon foundations and buildings in Constantinople.
Patria IV or Διήγησις περὶ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς μεγάλης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐπονομαζομένης ἁγίας Σοφίας (Narrative about the construction of the temple of the great church of God which is called Hagia Sophia) is an account of the construction of the Hagia Sophia, composed likely in the middle of the ninth century.
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