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Menander Protector (Menander the Guardsman, Menander the Byzantian; Greek: Μένανδρος Προτήκτωρ or Προτέκτωρ) was a Byzantine historian, born in Constantinople in the middle of the 6th century AD.
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Jun 23, 2023 · The History of Menander the Guardsman, introductory essay, Greek text, English translation, and historiographical notes, by R. C. Blockley (Liverpool, 1985), in 312 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages.
Menander Protector. The history of Menander the Guardsman. Ed. and trans. R. C. Blockley. (ARCA classical and medieval texts, papers and monographs, 17.) Liverpool: F. Cairns. 1985. Pp. vii + 307, [3] maps £25.00. - Volume 107
Oct 19, 1985 · Overall, Menander's main interest seems to have been Roman relations with foreign peoples - Persians and Avars, particularly - and his depiction of the Persian state as being equal to Rome was prophetic, both empires disappearing less than a century after he was writing.
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History of Menander the Guardsman (Menander Protector) was written at the end of the sixth century CE by a minor official of the Roman/Byzantine court. The original text is in Greek, but has survived only in a fragmentary form, quoted in compilations and other historical writings.
Dec 16, 2013 · Menander’s textual tradition broke off in the ninth century. This chapter shows how it was partially recovered in modern times, first by gathering fragments from ancient literary and technical sources and then, beginning in the late nineteenth century, through the decipherment of new papyrus texts and the correct identification of mosaics and ...
