Title(s):
- Ecloge historion
- Ἐκλογὴ ἱστοριῶν ἀπὸ τε τῆς Μωσέως βίβλου καὶ τῶν ἔξω ἱστοριογραφησαντων ἐπισήμων ἀνδρῶν καὶ τῆς θείας γραφῆς τομῶς διερχομένη μέχρι τῆς Ἀναστασίου βασιλείας(Eklogē historiōn apo te tēs Mōseōs biblou kai tōn exō historiographēsantōn episēmōn andrōn kai tēs theias graphēs tomōs dierchomenē mechri tēs Anastasiou basileias, Selection of histories taken from the book of Moses and from famous pagan historians and from Holy Scripture going until the reign of Anastasius)
Period covered:
Creation-Anastasius I
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
- Form (excerpt collection)
- Chronicle (general)
- Secular history (chronological history)
Remarks:
The title of the work suggests an excerpt collection based on a variety of works, but the extant part reads like a continuous history and not an excerpt collection. The title suggests that the work ran until Anastasius I, which is three centuries earlier than the date of the author. This renders it possible that one of the sources used was a sixth-century work. The general view is that we are dealing with an work based on Malalas, but some have suggested an independent work (Scott 1990: 45).
In its preserved state the excerpt collection breaks off ca. 776 B.C.
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