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A Companion to Late Antique Literature

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by Scott McGill


  Isidore of Seville (600–636) 5, 38, 186, 195, 249, 368, 434, 437, 585 and panegyrical works 215, 216

  Islam 16, 58, 172, 382, 528 see also Arabian/Arabic literature; Arabic languages

  analytical theological debate 108

  and Arabian literature 123, 124, 127, 128, 132, 135–138

  and Arabic reception of late antique literature 570, 573, 574, 578, 580

  and Armenian literature 80, 84

  conversion to 107

  early Islamic period 84, 105, 106, 108, 136, 570

  and Georgian literature 89, 98

  origins 127

  and Pahlavi literature 103–106, 110, 111, 114–115, 116

  pre‐Islamic Arabian language/literature 123, 127, 132, 135–136

  Shiite doctrine 570

  Isocrates 200, 212

  itineraries 437 pseudepigraphy 406–407

  travel/pilgrimage literature 363–365

  Itinerarium Alexandri 406–407

  Ivry, Alfred 573

  IXII Panegyrici Latini (PanLat) collection 209

  Jacob of Edessa 12, 16

  Jacob of Serugh (d. 521) 49, 50–51, 52, 53

  Jacob of Tsurtavi 89

  Al‐Jallad, Ahmad 127

  Jāmāsp Nāmag 109–110

  James of Edessa 188

  Jerome of Stridon (d. 420) 37, 39, 67, 150, 162, 171, 242, 254, 361, 523, 531, 532, 535, 600, 601, 604–608 and biblical commentary 315, 316, 321

  Christian theological literature 328, 329

  and chronicles 179, 183, 184, 185, 443

  De Viris Illustribus 162, 328, 329, 333, 377

  and letters/letter collections 393

  and sermons 347, 350

  translations 583

  Jerusalem 88, 89, 361–364, 365

  Jesus Christ 55, 66, 165, 172, 227, 333, 362, 539 see also Christianity; Crucifixion; Gospels; New Testament; Resurrection

  and Christian poetry 266, 268

  and hagiography 380, 381

  Jews of Edessa 15

  Job, commentary on 31

  John (biblical) 230

  John bar Aphthonia 54

  John of Biclar 165–166, 182, 187

  John of Damascus 16–17, 558

  John of Ephesus 53, 55, 165, 166, 171, 382

  John of Gaza 224, 265

  John of Salisbury (d. 1180) 589

  Johnson, Eleanor 282, 285

  Jones, Alan 133, 134

  Jordanes 38, 153, 154, 368

  Joseph (biblical) 50

  Joseph and Asenath 534

  Juanšer Juanšeriani 97

  Judaism 51, 126, 135, 334 see also Jews of Edessa; Old Testament

  anti‐Jewish forgeries 408–409

  legal texts 107

  monotheism 125

  rabbinic 534

  and sermons 345, 346

  Julian (Emperor) 36, 149, 194, 211, 217, 225, 252, 260, 328, 376, 428, 506, 620, 637 Caesars 283, 284, 289, 291, 614

  death of 393, 622

  prosimetra 284–285, 288, 289

  Schools Edict (362 CE) 226

  Juliana, Anicia 251, 264

  Julius Africanus 14, 162

  Julius Caesar 179

  Justin II (565–574) 30, 156, 246

  Justinian (Emperor, 537–565) 180, 249, 264, 367, 406, 441, 508, 524, 548 and antiquarian literature 540, 542

  and ecclesiastical history 165–166, 171

  and Greek language/literary works 14, 17

  Justinianic Code 418–419, 420, 511, 592

  Juvenal 614, 615

  Juvencus, Gaius Vettius Aquilinus 33–34, 230, 231, 242, 321 and Christian poetry 267, 271, 273

  and Western Middle Ages 585, 586

  Ibn al‐Kalbī (d. ca 820) 128

  Kārnāmag ī Ardaxšīr ī Pābagān (The Book of the Deeds of Ardaxšīr) 111

  K’art’li region see also Caucasian region; Georgia/Georgian literature

  Christianization of 91–92, 93

  Church 93

  conversion 93

  polytheism 93

  Kʻartʻlis cʻxovreba (Kartlis Tskhovreba) 99

  Kʻartʻvelian monarchy 88, 97, 98

  Kawad I 105, 110

  Kennedy, George 472

  Kennedy Toole, John 639

  Kephalaia gnostica 52

  K’ertol, Vrt’anes 81

  Khalidi,Tarif 138

  Khorenat’si, Movses 82

  Khusro I 106

  Khuzistan Chronicle 55

  al‐Kindī 573

  knowledge competition 494–496

  fighting, grafting and healing 496–499

  literature of 491–504

  practicability, pursuit of 500–502

  technical 493

  textualization of 499

  Kolbac’i, Eznik (390–455) 79–80, 91

  Lactantius (ca. 250–320) 214–216, 242, 251, 444–445, 601 Divinarum institutionum libri vii 333, 334, 587

  languages see also Coptic language and literary culture; Greek language

  Albanian 88

  Arabian see Arabic languages

  Aramaic 13, 104, 129

  Armenian 75–78

  biblical 11

  Bohairic 64

  and Christianity 17, 64

  classical 269

  Georgia 88, 91

  Ḥimyaritic 125, 126

  imperial legislation, late antique 423–427

  Semitic 124, 128

  Syriac 171

  late antiquity chronological limits, difficulty defining 5

  end of, and Christian theological literature 337–338

  Latin grammar, textual typology for 451–455

  legal texts in 418–422

  and literary history 3–4

  self‐reflective correspondence 10

  Latin Anthology 32

  Latin Christian poetry 266–273

  Latin epic poetry 227–233 allegorical 233

  biblical 230–232

  hagiographical 232–233

  mythological 230

  panegyrical 228–229

  Latin literature 27–46 see also Latin Christian poetry; Latin epic poetry

  Christian history and hagiography 37–40

  ecclesiastical history 170

  grammar 451–455, 453

  historiography/historical writing 36–37, 144, 149, 153, 156

  imperial court, removal 28

  letter writing 34–36, 390

  panegyrical and secular oratory 28–30

  philosophy 31–32

  religious verse 33–34

  satire 291

  secular verse 32–33

  sermons 30–31

  Laudes Domini 251, 266, 267

  Laus Constantini (Eusebius) 209, 217

  Laus Pisonis 212

  Lausiac History (Palladius) 377

  Law Book of Yišoboxt 107

  Layton, Bentley 69

  Lazar of Parp,’ 82,83–84

  Le Mans Forgeries 411

  lectionaries 78

  Lector, Theodore 164, 165, 167

  lectures, philosophical commentary 302

  legal texts 417–430 Christian and Jewish 107

  Digest 419, 529

  forms and problems 418–422

  Justinianic Code 418–419, 420, 511, 592

  language and style, late antique imperial legislation 423–427

  in late antiquity 418–422

  Pahlavi (Middle Persian) literature 111–112

  panegyrical works 427–429

  Roman Empire 417, 418

  sources 419–420

  Theodosian Code 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 511

  translation 528–529

  Leo Grammaticus 147

  Leo the Great 601

  Leon VI, Emperor 562, 563

  Leonidas of Terentum 252

  Leoquelle 147, 148

  Lerer, Seth 286

  Letter 108 (Jerome) 361

  letter collections see epistolography

  Letter of Mara bar Serapion to His Son Serapion 54–5
5

  Letter to the Athenians (Julian) 376

  letter writing see epistolography

  Levant region 89

  lexicon/lexica 461–463

  Libanius (pagan orator) 10, 36, 197, 203, 204, 245, 613 on autobiography 375–376

  and letters/letter collections 390, 392, 393, 396

  and panegyrical works 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 216, 217

  Liber graduum (Book of Steps) 51, 52, 54

  Liber Pontificalis (collection of papal lives) 40, 181

  Liberatus of Carthage 441

  Libri as Marcum filium (Cato) 495

  Licinianus 254

  Licinius Cyriacus 431

  Life of Antony (Athanasius of Alexandria) 70, 380, 381, 562

  Life of Germanus of Auxerre (Constantius) 39–40

  Life of Martin (Fortunatus) 33, 39

  Life of Nino 93, 94, 98

  Life of St. Martin (Sulpicius Severus) 232, 592

  Life of the Kʻartʻvelian Kings, The, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100

  Life of Vaxtang Gorgasali (ca. 800) 97, 98, 99

  de Lille, Alain 397

  Lim, Richard 353

  Lindenbrog, Friedrich 620

  literacy, Greek 10

  Literal Interpretation of Genesis (Augustine of Hippo) 321

  literary architecture, late antique 474–479

  literary criticism, Byzantium period 564–567

  literature see also texts; specific types

  and biblical commentary 315–317

  and Christianity 40

  commenting 313

  European concepts 573

  initial conceptualization/systematization of 402–403

  innovation in late antique literature 3–4

  technical 502

  terminology 5–6

  wisdom 110

  Lithica (Orphic) 225, 406

  liturgy Greek Christian poetry 13, 261–262

  Greek song 248

  liturgical lectionary 81

  and sermons 345, 353

  texts 78

  translation of liturgical books 78

  Lives of Pachomius 70

  Lives of the Eastern Saints (John of Ephesus) 53, 382

  Lives of the Sophists (Philostratus) 210

  Livrea, Enrico 224

  Livy 182, 433, 434

  Logos, the 321, 333

  Logothetes, Symeon 562

  “Long Fourth Century,” Christian theological literature 334–337

  Lucian of Samosata 204, 216, 251, 330 prosimetra 283, 284, 287, 288, 289, 291

  Lucius Septimius 303, 406

  Lucretius 251

  Luke (biblical) 48, 63, 80, 230

  Luther, Martin 603

  Luxorius 253

  Lyall, Charles J. 133

  Lydus, John 549 On Celestial Signs 540, 541, 542, 543, 548

  On the Magistracies 540

  On Months 540, 541, 542, 543, 548

  McMullen, Ramsay 352, 353

  Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius 31, 461, 549 Saturnalia 256, 290, 434, 544, 546, 548, 592

  macrotext 391, 395

  Madaba map, Jordan 365

  Madīyān ī Hazār Dādestān (The Exposition of One Thousand Judgments) 111–112

  madrasha (Syriac poetic form) 50

  Maiden Song 244

  Majorian (Emperor, 457–461) 29, 229

  Malalas, John 14, 156

  Mallarmé, Stéphane 630, 632

  Mamertinus, Claudius 210, 216, 428

  Mamikonian, Vardan 83, 84, 89

  Mani Codex 163

  Manichaean literature 113–114 in Coptic 65

  Middle Persian 113–114

  Manichaeism 47, 376

  Manutius, Aldus (1449–1515) 603

  maps 124, 365–366

  Marcellinus, Ammianus (d. ca. 400) 36, 367, 591 case study on 617–622

  and chronicles 184, 186

  and classicizing of history 144, 146, 147, 148, 150

  and Gibbon 612, 615

  Res Gestae 37, 151–153, 368, 495

  style 618

  Marcellus, Nonius 462, 463

  Marcus Aurelius 225, 304

  Marenbon, John 282

  Marinus 227, 254

  Marius Maximus 149

  Marius of Avenches (d. 596) 38, 186

  Marriage of Philology and Mercury (Capella) 283–284, 291, 452, 589

  Marrou, Henri 472

  Martialis, Gargilius 405

  Martianus Capella see Capella, Martianus

  Martin of Tours (d. 397) 39, 232, 251, 273, 588

  Martyrdom of Evstatʻi Mcʻxetʻeli, The, 89–90

  Martyrdom of Shushanik, The, 78

  Martyrdom of St. Cyprian, The, (Eudocia) 264

  martyrs/martyr texts 33, 285, 382–383 martyr acts 38–39

  Marx, Michael 137

  Mashtots 78, 79, 80, 81

  mathematics 527

  Matthew (biblical) 48, 63, 267

  Matthews, John 422, 623

  Maurus, Terentianus 464

  mawzūn (measured poetry) 130

  maxim 476, 484–485

  Maximianus 253, 589, 635, 636

  Maximus, Magnus 209, 392

  Maximus, Valerius 431

  Maximus of Ephesus 225

  Maximus the Confessor 338

  Mayer, Wendy 352

  Mazdean religion see Zoroastrianism

  Mcʻxetʻa/Mtskheta 89 dynastic monarchs of K’art’li based at 88

  medical texts 404–406 translation 526–527

  Medicina Plini 494–497, 501

  medieval period 15

  Medinet Madi texts 65

  Mediterranean region, and Greek language 9

  Mediterranean region, and Greek literary works 10

  Melania the Elder 362

  Memnon 442

  memra (Syriac poetic form) 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

  Menander Rhetor 194, 195 treatises of 53, 211

  Menander II 201, 202

  Menippean satire 281, 282, 288, 290, 291

  Menippean Satires (Varro) 284

  Mēnog ī Xrad 110

  Merčʻule, Giorgi 90

  Merobaudes, Flavius 209, 229, 246, 254

  Meshiha Zekha 172

  Mesopotamia 381

  Messius, Arusianus 460

  metaliterary compositions 6, 242

  Metamorphoseis 288

  Metamorphoses (Ovid) 425

  metaphrast 264

  Metaphrates, Symeon 562

  metaphysical dualism 79

  metaphysics 305

  Metaphysics (Aristotle) 301

  Methodius of Olympus 80, 244, 262

  Metochites, Theodoros 563, 566, 567

  metrics 453, 463–464

  Metzger, Bruce M. 401

  Micah of Beth Garmai 172

  Middle Ages 156, 195, 232, 299, 598 Greek 145

  High 588

  Western 583–595

  Middle Persian literature see Pahlavi (Middle Persian) literature

  Migne, J.P. 263

  Mihr‐Narseh 105

  milestones 511, 512

  Mimesis (Auerbach) 633

  Minucianus of Athens 461, 474

  Miphysite church 382

  miracle collections 14

  miracle stories 231

  miracles 586

  Mirian, King (K’art’velian, r. 284–361) 91, 92, 94, 95

  missionary work 345

  mixed‐meter satire 283–285

  mnemonic techniques 297

  Modern South Arabian languages 126

  Modernism 633–636

  Mokʻcʻevay kʻartʻlisay 98 see also Conversion of K’art’li

  Momigliano, Arnaldo 540

  Mommsen, Theodor 177, 179, 180, 184

  monasteries 17, 77, 89, 381, 382, 432, 441, 574, 601 see also monastic communities; monasticism; monks

  Chinese 524

  federation of 67, 68

  and translation 524, 528, 536

  travel/pilgrimage literature 361, 363, 369

  Monastery of the Archa
ngel Michael 62 see also Monastery of the Archangel Michael

  monastic communities 39, 361, 381 see also monks; White Monastery (near Panopolis)

  and Coptic language/literary culture 62, 65, 67, 69, 70

  monastic tales 381–382

  monasticism 53, 66, 94, 381, 382, 536

  monks 39, 66, 84, 90, 144, 166, 255, 381, 383, 394, 433, 441 see also bishops; monastic communities

  Coptic language and literary culture 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70

  Egyptian 381

  and school texts 479, 480, 481

  Syrian 381

  travel and pilgrimage literature 361, 369

  monody 200–201

  monotheism 125, 332, 362

  moral determinism 79

  Moralia (Plutarch) 559

  morpholexical level, grammar 457–458

  Mosaics of Time 177

  Moschus, John 369

  Mosella (Ausonius) 32, 495

  Moses 162, 165

  Mount of Olives, Jerusalem 362

  Mowbedān Mowbed 106

  Mroveli, Leonti (Archbishop) 96, 99

  Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh of Mecca (Muslim prophet) 136, 137, 138

  mythological epic 222–223, 230

  Nabataean Kingdom/script 128, 129

  Nag Hammadi, codices discovered at 65

  Namāra inscription (328) 128–129

  Namatianus, Rutilius (fl. ca. 415) 495, 592, 629

  Narcissus 243

  narrative 40, 478–479, 486–487 Buddhist 487

  Christian 262, 268

  narrative church histories 14

  Narsē 105

  Natural History (Pliny) 495

  Nature, call for return to 501–502

  Nazarius 215

 

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