The Rise and Fall of Nikephoros II Phokas

Five Contemporary Texts in Annotated Translations

Denis Sullivan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2018
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-38220-6 (ISBN)

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In The Rise and Fall of Nikephoros II Phokas, Denis Sullivan presents five Byzantine Greek texts that document the remarkable career of Nikephoros II Phokas, emperor from 963 until his death in 969. The first three texts are historical chronicles covering the period 944-963, which sees Nikephoras’ rise from military general. The fourth is a “historical epic” poem on the successful Byzantine expedition against Arab Crete in 960-961, for which Nikephoros was the field commander. The last text is a liturgical office that declares the slain emperor a martyr and a saint. These texts, translated into English for the first time, provide information on the Phokades that is not found elsewhere in the Greek sources, and the chronicles appear to reflect now lost pro-Phokan family sources.

Denis Sullivan, Ph.D. (1972) Classical Philology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a professor at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on Byzantine historiography and hagiography, with publications including D. Sullivan, A.-M. Talbot and S. McGrath, The Life of Saint Basil the Younger: Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Moscow Version (2014).

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction to the Three Chronicles: Theophanes Continuatus, Symeon the Logothete, and Pseudo-Symeon

Text 1: Theophanes Continuatus Book 6, Years 944–961
Text and Translation

Text 2: The Revised Chronicle of Symeon the Logothete for the Years 948–963 from Vat. gr. 163 and the Interpolations on Nikephoros the Elder from Vat. gr. 153
Text and Translations
a The Revised Chronicle of Symeon the Logothete for the Years 948–963 from Vat. gr. 163
b The Revised Chronicle of Symeon the Logothete: Interpolations on Nikephoros the Elder from Vat. gr. 153

Text 3: The Chronicle of Pseudo-Symeon for the Years 944–962
Text and Translation

Text 4: The Capture of Crete, by Theodosios the Deacon
Introduction
Text and Translation

Text 5: Akolouthia for St Nikephoros Phokas
Introduction
Text and Translation

Glossary
Bibliography
General Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Byzantina Australiensia ; 23
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	549 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-38220-8 / 9004382208
ISBN-13	978-90-04-38220-6 / 9789004382206
Zustand	Neuware