Agathias
Sign in to saveAgathias Scholasticus (; 582/594) was a Byzantine poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 0536-00-00
- Died
- 582
- Works
- 17
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
2 total works indexed
- The Histories
· 1975 · cited 31x
- Agathiae Myrinaei Historiarum libri quinque
· 1828 · cited 7x
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Agathias Scholasticus
- Writer.native_name
- Ἀγαθίας σχολαστικός
- Writer.native_name_lang
- grc
- Writer.birth_place
- Myrina, Mysia, Asia Minor
- Writer.death_date
- 582 or 594
- Writer.occupation
- poet, historian, lawyer
- Writer.language
- Ancient Greek
- Writer.genre
- history, poetry
- Writer.notableworks
- Histories, Cycle of Agathias
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Key dates
- Born
- 536
- Died
- 1 January 582
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Myrina
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- P2348
- Byzantine Empire
- P6886
- Ancient Greek
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Writings
- Histories
- Editions and translations of the ''Histories''
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Agathias Scholasticus (; 582/594) was a Byzantine poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558.
== Biography == Agathias was a native of Myrina (Mysia), an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor. His father was Memnonius. His mother was presumably Pericleia. A brother of Agathias is mentioned in primary sources, but his name has not survived. Their probable sister Eugenia is known by name. The Suda clarifies that Agathias was active in the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, mentioning him as a contemporary of Paul the Silentiary, Macedonius of Thessalonica and Tribonian.