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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HEG-HIG |
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HESYCHIUS OF MILETUS , Greek chronicler and biographer, surnamed Illustrius, son of an advocate, flourished at Constantinople in the 5th century A.D. during the reign of Justinian. According to Photius (cod. 69) he was the author of three important works. (1) A Compendium of Universal History in six books, from Belus, the reputed founder of the Assyrian empire, to Anastasius I. (d. 518). A considerable fragment has been preserved from the sixth
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being a veracious historian. Editions; J. C. Orelli (182o) and J. Flack (1882); fragments in C. W. Muller, Frag. hist. Graec. iv. 143 and in T. Preger's Scriptores originis Constantinopolitanae, i. (1901); Pseudo-Hesychius, by J. Flach (188o) ; see generally C. Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Literatur (1897).End of Article: HESYCHIUS OF MILETUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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