| Excerpta et fragmenta Contributor(s): Priscus Panita (Author), Carolla, Pia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110201380 ISBN-13: 9783110201383 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Published: October 2008 Annotation: This is an impressive history about state, power and intrigues in the fifth century A.D. Byzantium, zooming on Attila and the Huns with large details, written by a Greek who visited Attila at his own risk. From a historical point of view, some nations from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa find in Priscus a unique source for their roots. To philologians, this text fills a gap in providing an accurate apparatus and a complete demonstration of the stemma codicum. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - History | Ancient - General - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 949.5 |
| LCCN: 2008500226 |
| Series: Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is an impressive history about state, power and intrigues in thefifth century A.D. Byzantium, zooming on Attila and the Huns with large details, written by a Greek who visited Attila at his own risk. From a historical point of view, some nations from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa find in Priscus a unique source for their roots. To philologians, this text fills a gap in providing an accurate apparatus and a complete demonstration of the stemma codicum. |