Late Antique Historiography

History of the first kings

Title(s):
  • History of the first kings
  • առաջնոցն պատմութիւն
    (Aṙaǰnoc῾n patmut῾iwn, The history of the first (kings))
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Period covered:
Early Parthian history (247 B.C.-224 A.D.)?
Language:
Armenian
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (general)
  • Secular history (epic history)
Remarks:
The work was translated into Greek by Chorohbut (Eleazar).
Edition - Translation:
  • R.W. Thomson (1981) Moses Chorenensis, Patmut‘iwn Hayots‘ (History of the Armenians): A facsimile reproduction of the 1913 Tiflis edition. New York.
  • R.W. Thomson (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: Translation and commentary on the literary sources. Second edition. New York.
Fragments:
  • Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians 2.69-70
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