Austrian Journal of Byzantine Studies (JOEB) / Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
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Austrian Journal of Byzantine Studies (JOEB) / Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik
ISSN 0378-8660
Print Edition ISSN 1810-536X Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9591-7 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9592-4 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/joeb73
Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 73 2024, VIII+339 Seiten, zahlr. Farb- und s/w-Abbildungen, Diagramme, 29,7x21cm, broschiert Einzelpreis € 145,00
Philip RANCE
S. 125 - 150 doi:10.1553/joeb73s125 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/joeb73s125
Abstract: This paper concerns the content, character and transmission of Menander Protector’s History, a fragmentary work of classicizing historiography written in the later sixth century. Investigation of a previously unexamined scholion to Strabo’s Geography, which recommends Menander’s History as an especially accurate source on “Persian customs”, establishes the provenance, context and significance of this rare testimonium and questions why the ninth-century scholiast directed readers of Strabo to this late antique text in preference to well-established classical authorities on ancient Persia. As the scholion responds to Strabo’s uniquely detailed treatment of Persian religion, particularly magi and Zoroastrian sacrificial rituals, it becomes necessary to reconsider evidence for this subject in Menander’s extant writings, notably those fragments of his History, together with a separately transmitted epigram (Palatine Anthology I 101), that concern the martyrdom of Isbozetes (Yazdbōzēd), a Persian magus who converted to Christianity (AD 553). Widening the inquiry to include largely overlooked martyrial acta, particularly an Armenian Passio S. Isbozetae, reveals an early textual tradition characterized by accurate and precise information about magian practices and paraphernalia, which closely and exclusively corresponds to Strabo’s account of Zoroastrian fire-cult. Menander’s interest in this story of an apostate magus both explains the scholiast’s recommendation and casts new light on Menander’s aims and sources, including East Syriac hagiographical tradition. In line with recent scholarship, a more variegated picture of Menander’s historical writing emerges beyond the focus on diplomacy imposed by the thematically determined transmission of surviving fragments in the Constantinian Excerpta. Keywords: Greek Classicizing Historiography; Textual Transmission; Byzantine Scholia and Excerpta; Hagiography; Armenian Literature Published Online: 2024/03/06 12:54:33 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003ee0d7 Rights: .
Die einmal jährlich erscheinende Zeitschrift wurde 1951 als Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft gegründet; mit dem Wechsel in den Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften wurde sie 1973 (ab Band 22) in Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik umbenannt.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |