The Rise and Fall of Nikephoros II Phokas

Five Contemporary Texts in Annotated Translations
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-38220-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Byzantina Australiensia

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan, Denis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).