NEW CONSIDERATIONS ON THE “HISTORIA SYNTOMOS” OF MICHAEL PSELLOS

Dejan DŽELEBDŽIĆ

doi:10.24193/subbto.2021.1.10

Authors

Dejan DŽELEBDŽIĆ Department of Classics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Email: dejan011@hotmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2021.1.10

Keywords:

Michael Psellos, Historia Syntomos, Byzantine chronography, Kaiserlisten, chronology, treatise Περὶ τῆς κατὰ Χριστὸν γενεαλογίας.

Abstract

Chapter 1 of this paper investigates the main themes in the research of Michael Psellos’ Historia Syntomos. Chapter 2 puts forward the question of possible interrelations between the Historia Syntomos and one type of the short imperial chronicles, the so-called Kaiserlisten. Chapter 3 reexamines the possible relation between the Historia Syntomos and a short Psellos’ work entitled Περὶ τῆς κατὰ Χριστὸν γενεαλογίας.

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