Menander Protector
Menander Protector (Menander the Guardsman, Menander the Byzantian; or Προτέκτωρ) was a Byzantine historian, born in Constantinople in the middle of the 6th century AD. The little that is known of his life is contained in the account of himself quoted in the ''Suda'' (Mu, 591: Μένανδρος). Menander mentions his father Euphratas, who came from Byzantium, and his brother Herodotus. He at first took up the study of law, but abandoned it for a life of pleasure. When his fortunes were low, the patronage accorded to literature by the Emperor Maurice, at whose court he was a military officer (hence the epithet ''Protector'', which denotes his military function), encouraged him to try writing history.Menander took as his model Agathias, who, like him, had been a jurist, and his history begins at the point where Agathias leaves off. It embraces the period from the arrival of the Kutrigurs in Thrace during the reign of Justinian in 558, to the death of the emperor Tiberius in 582. Considerable fragments of the work are preserved in the ''Excerpts'' of Constantine Porphyrogenitus and in the ''Suda''. Although the style is sometimes bombastic, he is considered trustworthy and is one of the most valuable authorities for the history of the 6th century, especially on geographical and ethnographical matters. Menander was an eye-witness of some of the events he describes. Like Agathias, he wrote epigrams, one of which, on a Persian magus who became a convert to Christianity and died the death of a martyr, is preserved in the ''Greek Anthology'' (i.101).
Fragments of his work can be found in: * C. W. Müller, ''Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum'', 4, 200 * J. P. Migne, ''Patrologia Graeca'', 113 * L. Dindorf, ''Historici Graeci minores'', 2
Translations: * Roger Blockley: ''The History of Menander the Guardsman''. Liverpool 1985. Provided by Wikipedia
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Menander Protector történeti művének fenmaradt töredékei / by Menander Protector ca. 6. Jh
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Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchi, Menandri historiarum quae supersunt by Dexippus, Publius Herennius 0210?-0269?, Eunape 0347?-0420, Malchus de Philadelphie, Menander Protector 0550?-..., Pierre lePatrice 05??-0565, Priscus Panionensis 0410?-0471?
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Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchii, Menandri historiarum quae supersunt by Dexippus, Publius Herennius ca. 3. Jh, Eunapius Sardianus ca. 345-420, Priscus Panites ca. 5. Jh, Malchus Philadelphiensis ca. 5./6. Jh, Menander Protector ca. 6. Jh
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Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchii, Menandri historiarum quae supersunt by Dexippus, Publius Herennius ca. 3. Jh, Eunapius Sardianus ca. 345-420, Priscus Panites ca. 5. Jh, Malchus Philadelphiensis ca. 5./6. Jh, Menander Protector ca. 6. Jh
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Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchii, Menandri historiarum quae supersunt by Dexippus, Publius Herennius ca. 3. Jh, Eunapius Sardianus ca. 345-420, Priscus Panites ca. 5. Jh, Malchus Philadelphiensis ca. 5./6. Jh, Menander Protector ca. 6. Jh
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Eklogai peri presbeion. Excerpta de legationibus / by Dexippus, Publius Herennius, Eunapius Sardianus, Petrus Patricius, Priscus Panionensis, Malchus, svatý, činný 4. století, Menander Protector, Theofylaktos Simokattés, činný 6. století-7. století, Hoeschel, David, 1556-1617, Chantecler, Charles de, činný 1577-1620, Valois, Henri de, 1603-1676
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Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchi, Menandri Historiarum quae supersunt by Dexippus Philosophus 4. Jh
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Historici graeci minores.
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Eclogae legationum Dexippi Atheniensis, Eunapii Sardiani, Petri Patricii et magistri Prisci Sophistae, Malchi Philadelphensis, Menandri Protectoris
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Eklogai peri presbeiōn = Excerpta De Legationibus by Valois, Henri de
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Eclogae Legationum. Dexippi Atheniensis. Eunapii Sardiani. Petri Patricii Et Magistri. Prisci Sophistae. Malchi Philadelphensis. Menandri Protectoris Cum corollario Excerptorum è l...
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Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchi, Menandri Historiarum quae supersunt
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