The Chronography of George Synkellos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199241903)

George Synkellos, a monk of Constantinople who once held a position of authority under the patriarch Tarasios, composed (in Greek) a chronicle of universal history in the early ninth century. Beginning with the creation of the universe, the chronicle preserves a rich collection of ancient sources, many of them otherwise unknown. The English translation provided here, together with introduction and notes, promises to make this influential and wide-ranging history more accessible to Byzantinists, students of ancient historiography, and specialists in biblical chronology, early Judaism, Egypt, and the Ancient Near East.

Author: George Synkellos, William Adler, Paul Tuffin
ISBN-10: 0199241902
ISBN-13: 9780199241903
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2002
Pages: 728
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.62lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.56d