Late Antique Historiography

Old chronicle

Title(s):
  • Old chronicle
  • Τὸ παλαιὸν χρονικὸν
    (To palaion chronikon, The old chronicle)
  • Παλαιὸν χρονογραφεῖον
    (Palaion chronographeion, The old chronography)
Author:
Period covered:
Creation-?
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Chronicle (general)
Remarks:
George Syncellus believed that the work predates Manetho, but it was probably written in a Hermetic context in the third or fourth century.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • George Syncellus, Chronicle p. 56 l.18-23
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • A. Adler (1989) Time immemorial: Archaic history and its sources in Christian historiography from Julius Africanus to George Syncellus. Washington D.C.: 55-56.
  • H. Gelzer (1888) Sextus Julius Africanus und die byzantinische Chronographie. Volume Two. Leipzig: 215-217.