Late Antique Historiography

History of the Parthians

Title(s):
  • History of the Parthians
Author:
Period covered:
32 B.C.- 224?
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
Philemon is attested as a historian in Moses of Khoren. Thomson (2006: 216) suggests that Philemon may be a geographer of the first century.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians 2.69
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • 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 (Review of 1978).