The survival of ancient Greek historiography is largely due to its preservation by Byzantine copyists and scholars. This process entailed selection, adaptation, and commentary, which shaped the corpus of Greek historiography in its transmission. By investigating those choices, Kaldellis enables a better understanding of the reception and survival of Greek historical writing.
"Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians" includes translations of texts written by Byzantines on specific ancient historians. Each translated text is accompanied by an introduction and notes to highlight the specific context and purpose of its composition. In order to present a rounded picture of the reception of Greek historiography in Byzantium, a wide range of genres have been considered, such as poems and epigrams, essays, personalized scholia, and commentaries. "Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians" is therefore an important resource for scholars and students of ancient history.
Author(s): Kaldellis, Anthony
Series: Routledge Classical Translations
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: VI+188
Preface vi
Introduction 1
1. Xenophon in Byzantium and the coded poem for Leon VI 22
2. The "Excerpta historica" of Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos 35
3. The scholia on the Zosimos manuscript 47
4. Ioannes Tzetzes’ verse scholia on Thucydides 65
5. Scholia on Diodoros of Sicily by Niketas Choniates and others 80
6. Theodoros Metochites and the Greek Historians 98
7. Ioannes Kanaboutzes’ "Commentary on the 'Roman Antiquities' of Dionysios of Halikarnassos" 113
Bibliography 171
Index 183
