Excerpta et fragmenta

Priscus Panita

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Excerpta et fragmenta

Priscus Panita
Edited by: Pia Carolla

In the series Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110972412

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About this book

Best known for his longest excerptum about Attila and the Huns, Priscus Panita survives mostly in Excerpta Constantiniana de legationibus. He describes with an impressive amount of details a Byzantine embassy and the secret plot to kill Attila in 448/449 A.D., when Priscus himself was involved in a scary situation. He also investigates Theodosius II's age around other borders, such as Caucasus and Aegypt.After a new collation and full reconsideration of all manuscripts, this critical edition provides a complete demonstration of the stemma codicum and an accurate apparatus, both philological desiderata for long. The text is plain and fluent, a good example of V century A.D. rhetorical prose, with a wide range of loci similes in classic authors and a special skill for variatio. From a historical point of view, some nations from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa find in Priscus a unique source for their roots.

Author / Editor information

Pia Carolla, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italien.

Reviews

"Carolla's opus is the best ever edition of Priscus's text."
Jan Prostko-Prostynski in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.02.20

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Hoc libro Continentur Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Praefatio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Librorum conspectus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXXV
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Language: Ancient Greek
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 48
- Main content: 140
Keywords: Priscus Panita; Theodosius II; Attila; Huns; Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos

eBook

Published: May 20, 2019
ISBN: 9783110972412

Hardcover

Published: October 20, 2008
ISBN: 9783110201383