The Chronography of George Synkellos

By Georgios, George Syncellus, Paul Tuffin, et al.

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199241902
• ISBN13: 9780199241903
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"