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Arrian and Procopius on the ancient village named Athens in Colchis
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai HistoriaAn ancient village in the southeastern Black Sea region was named Athenai (Athens) from the Hellenistic period, and probably earlier. It kept the name, in the form of Atina, down to modern times, though it is now named Pazar in Turkish.
D. Braund
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Did Arrian Ever Fight the Alans?
Iran and the CaucasusLucius Flavius Arrianus (Arrian) is considered by most contemporary scholars to be the first Roman general to engage in combat with the Alans, in 135 A.D. at an unspecified location near the Armenian frontier.
Fatima Foltz
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Those Who Leave or Those Who Stay? Arrian’s Account of Alexander at Opis (Anab. 7.8.1)
American Journal of Philology:Alexander’s announcement that he was discharging those soldiers whom he considered no longer fit for service led to the “mutiny at Opis” (324 b.c.e.).
Christopher M. Baron
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THE ATHENIAN ARCHON DATES IN ARRIAN
Classical QuarterlyThis article examines Arrian’s decision to date events in the Anabasis and Indica by eponymous archon of Athens and Athenian month. In the past, scholars have only been concerned with whether the dates are correct rather than with why Arrian is ...
Aneurin Ellis-evans
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New Light on Arrian’s Praenomen from Digital Epigraphy
Histos, 2019This article reconsiders the evidence for Arrian’s long-disputed praenomen using digital imaging techniques that have only recently become available. Through the application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging and 3-D scanning combined with traditional
Daniel W. Leon, K. Rask
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The Classical Quarterly, 1976
Arrian is regarded as the most authoritative of the extant sources for the reign of Alexander the Great. It is his work that is usually chosen to provide the narrative core of modern histories, and very often a mere reference to ‘the reliable Arrian’ is considered sufficient to guarantee the veracity of the information derived from him.
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Arrian is regarded as the most authoritative of the extant sources for the reign of Alexander the Great. It is his work that is usually chosen to provide the narrative core of modern histories, and very often a mere reference to ‘the reliable Arrian’ is considered sufficient to guarantee the veracity of the information derived from him.
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1991
We know of several Greek translators of works originally written in Latin. Of non-Christian, purely literary material, we know of six. First, there is Claudius' powerful freedman, Polybius, who turned Homer into Latin prose and Vergil into Greek prose (SenecaConsol. ad Polyb. 8.2, 11.5).
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We know of several Greek translators of works originally written in Latin. Of non-Christian, purely literary material, we know of six. First, there is Claudius' powerful freedman, Polybius, who turned Homer into Latin prose and Vergil into Greek prose (SenecaConsol. ad Polyb. 8.2, 11.5).
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The Classical Quarterly, 1972
There is relative agreement among modern scholars that the bulk of Arrian's literary activity came late in his life. What has become the standard theory was evolved by Eduard Schwartz, who maintained that it was only after the end of his public career that Arrian turned to writing. According to this hypothesis the Пєρίπλουςof 131/ A.D.
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There is relative agreement among modern scholars that the bulk of Arrian's literary activity came late in his life. What has become the standard theory was evolved by Eduard Schwartz, who maintained that it was only after the end of his public career that Arrian turned to writing. According to this hypothesis the Пєρίπλουςof 131/ A.D.
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1996
Abstract A complete contrast with Dio of Prusa is offered by his much younger contemporary Flavius Arrian of Nicomedia, who successfully combined Greek politics and literature with the exercise of Roman power. Arrian will not be discussed in detail here because in the main his several literary works do not touch on Greek perceptions of ...
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Abstract A complete contrast with Dio of Prusa is offered by his much younger contemporary Flavius Arrian of Nicomedia, who successfully combined Greek politics and literature with the exercise of Roman power. Arrian will not be discussed in detail here because in the main his several literary works do not touch on Greek perceptions of ...
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