George the Pisidian

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tlg2701
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Name:
George the Pisidian
Alt names:
Γεώργιος Πισίδης
Georgius Pisida
Georgius Pisides
George, of Pisidia
Georges, de Pisidie
Georg, von Pisidien
Geōrgios, ho Pisidēs
Giorgio, di Pisidia
Jorge, de Pisidia
Field of activity:
Theologian
Poet
Notes:
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition,
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol , 1867, p. 1:
Brill's New Pauly:"Born in Pisidia, died in c. AD 631/634. Diákonos, skeuophýlax and referendários at the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople, one of the greatest Byzantine poets. Highly revered and often imitated, G. treats the Persian campaign of Emperor Heraclius (Expeditio Persica, Bellum Avaricum, Heraclias, etc.) in his epic-encomiastic ....poems, and deals in part with philosophical, in part with purely dogmatic topics in his theological works (Hexaemeron, a didactic poem that was translated also into Armenian and Slavic,..." Vassis, Ioannis (Athens). "Georgius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 20 December 2010 .
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Hexaemeron
Hexaemeron