Late Antique Historiography

History of the temple Ani Khamakh

Title(s):
  • History of the temple Ani Khamakh
Author:
Period covered:
At least 120-198
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (local history)
Remarks:
Moses of Khoren affirms that Bardaisanes translated into Syriac and continued the Temple history of Ani Khamakh written by the priest Olympius. Both references have been considered fictional (Thomson 2006: 12, 15): the one in Pseudo-John Mamikonean refers to 3th c. history.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians 2.66
  • Pseudo-John Mamikonean, History (=Zenob of Glak, History of Taron) [Anonymous 1832: 22; Langlois 1867: 67; Avdoyan 1993: 72]
  • Uxtanes of Sebastia, History [.57.22 [Anonymous 1871: 80; Hovannisyan – Madoyan 2010: 492; Arzoumian 1988: 70]
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Sources:
Bibliography:
  • (1871) Uxtanēs Episkopos. Patmut‘iwn Hayots‘. Vałarshapat.​
  • (1832) Yovhannu Mamikoneni episkoposi patmut’iwn Taronoy. Venice.
  • Z. Arzoumanian (1988) Bishop Ukhtanes of Sebastia, History of Armenia. Part I. History of the patriarchs and kings of Armenia. Fort Lauderdale.
  • L. Avdoyan (1993) Pseudo-Yovhannēs Mamikonean. The History of Tarōn (Patmut‘iwn Tarōnoy): Historical Investigation, critical translation, and historical and textual commentaries (Suren D. Fesjian academic publications 6). Atlanta.
  • J.W. Drijvers (1966) Bardaisan of Edessa (Studia Semitica Neerlandica, 6). Assen: 15-16.
  • P. Hovannisyan, G. Madoyan (2012) Uxtanēs Episkopos, Patmut‘iwn hayoc‘. In: Matenagirk‘ Hayoc‘ . Volume Fifteen (10th Century Historiography). Book II. Ant’ilias.
  • V. Langlois (1869) Collection des historiens anciens et modernes de l'Arménie. Paris: 63-67.
  • R.W. Thomson (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: Translation and commentary on the literary sources. New York: 12, 15, 34.