A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.

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Manasses, Constanti'nus

Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μανάσση, (lived in the middle of the twelfth century, during the reign of the emperor Manuel Comnenus.

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Works

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Σύνοψις ἱστορική

He wrote Σύνοψις ἱστορική, being a chronicle from the creation of the world, down to the accession of Alexis I. Comnenus, in 1081. This work is written in a sort of verses which the later writers called versus politici, but which is rather rhythmical prose; it contains 6733 of such verses, and 12 supplementary verses.

Editions

A Latin version by J. Leunclavius, Basel, 1573, 8vo.; the Greek text, from a Codex Palatinus, with the version of Leunclavius, and notes by J. Meursius, Leyden, 1616, 4to; the same revised (with Variae Lectiones by Leo Allatius), from two Parisian MSS., by Fabrot, who added a valuable glossary, Paris, 1655, fol.; the last edition is that by Im. Bekker, Bonn, 1837, 8vo., a revised reprint of the Paris edition.

The edition by Meursius is remarkable for being dedicated to the great king of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus.

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Further Information

Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 469, &c.; Hamberger, Nachricht. von Gelehrt. Männern.

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