Life of Olympias

Title(s):
  • Life of Olympias
  • Βίος καὶ πολιτεία καὶ ἀγῶνες τῆς ὁσίας καὶ ἀειμνήστου μητρὸς ἡμῶν Ὀλυμπιάδος
    (Bios kai politeia kai agōnes tēs hosias kai aeimnēstou mētros hēmōn Olympiados, Life and character and struggles of our holy and late mother Olympias)
Period covered:
361-408
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
Remarks:
The text draws extensively on the original text of Palladius' Lausiac history and on Palladius' Dialogue on the life of Chrysostom. Honigmann (1953: 112) argued for the year 440 as approximate date of composition.
Edition - Translation:
  • H. Delehaye (1896) (ed.) Vita Sanctae Olympiadis et Narratio Sergiae de eiusdem translatione. Analecta Bollandiana 15: 409-423.
  • A.M. Malingrey (1968) (ed.) Jean Chrysostome: Lettres à Olympias, Vie anonyme d'Olympias (Sources chrétiennes, 13bis). Paris: 406-448.
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Bibliography:
  • J. Bousquet (1906) 'Vie d'Olympias la diaconesse'. Revue de l'Orient chrétien 11: 225-250.
  • H. Delehaye (1896) (ed.) Vita Sanctae Olympiadis et Narratio Sergiae de eiusdem translatione. Analecta Bollandiana 15: 400-423.
  • E. Honigmann (1953) 'Heraclidas of Nyssa'. Patristic Studies [StT 173]. Rome: 104-122.
  • A.M. Malingrey (1988) Dialogue sur la vie de Jean Chrysostome. Two Volumes (Sources chrétiennes, 341 and 342). Paris.