Late Antique Historiography

Lausiac history

Title(s):
  • Lausiac history
  • Λαυσιακὴ ἱστορία
    (Lausiakē historia, Lausiac history)
Author:
Period covered:
Late 4th-early 5th c.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
The work was compiled at the request of Lausus, the praepositus sacri cubicula at the court of emperor Theodosius II. The Lausiac history may have been based on an earlier work compiled by Palladius between 388-399 to preserve memories of his sojourn among the monks of Egypt (Bunge 1997: 76-80). There existed various versions of the text in Latin as well as in Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic and Arabic.
Edition - Translation:
  • G.J.M. Bartelink (1974) Palladio: La storia lausiaca. Milano.
  • C. Butler (1898-1904) The Lausiac history of Palladius. Two Volumes. Cambridge.
  • R.T. Meyer (1964) Palladius: The Lausiac history. New York.
  • A. Wellhausen (2003) Die lateinische Übersetzung der Historia lausiaca des Palladius: Textausgabe mit Einleitung. Berlin.
  • R. Draguet (1978) Les formes syriaques de la matière de l'Histoire lausiaque. Four Volumes. Leuven.
  • A. Lucot (1912) Pallade d'Hélénopolis: Histoire lausiaque et Vies d'ascètes et de pères du désert. Paris.
  • J. Laager (1987) Historia lausiaca: Die frühen Heiligen in der Wüste. Zürich.
  • T.M. de Wit-Tak (2006) Palladius van Helenopolis: De woestijnvaderen. Utrecht.
  • L. Leloir (1981) Les moines du désert: Histoire lausiaque. Paris.
  • S. Krottenthaler (1912) Des Palladius von Helenopolis Leben der heiligen Väter. Munich
  • A. Ramon i Arrufat (1927) Palladio: Història Lausíaca. Barcelona.
Fragments:
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Sources:
Bibliography:
  • (1979) Clavis patrum Graecorum (CPG) 6036
  • G. Bunge (1997) Quatre ermites égyptiens: D'après les fragments coptes de l'Histoire lausiaque (Spiritualité orientale, 60). Abbaye de Bellefontaine.
  • B. Flusin (1984) 'Pallade d'Hélénopolis'. Dictionnaire de spiritualité 12.1: 113-126.
  • N. Molinier (1995) Ascèse, contemplation et ministère d'après l'Histoire lausiaque de Pallade d'Helenopolis. Bégrolles-en-Mauges.
  • C. Rapp (2001) 'Palladius, Lausus and the Historia lausiaca'. In: Novum millennium: Studies on Byzantine history and culture dedicated to Paul Speck, ed. C. Sode - S. Takács. Aldershot: 279-289.