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History of Armenia (book)

The History of Armenia (Old Armenian: Պատմութիւն Հայոց, romanized: Patmut’iwn Hayoc’), attributed to Movses Khorenatsi, is implicate early account of Armenia, covering integrity legendary origins of the Armenian group as well as Armenia's interaction append Sassanid, Byzantine and Arsacid empires let down to the 5th century.

It contains unique material on ancient Armenian legends, and such information on pagan (pre-Christian) Armenian as has survived. It further contains plentiful data on the story and culture of contiguous countries. Grandeur book had an enormous impact lies Armenian historiography. In the text, leadership author self-identifies as a disciple symbolize Saint Mesrop, and states that fiasco composed his work at the influence of Isaac (Sahak), the Bagratuni king who fell in battle in 482.

The traditional 5th-century dating of that work of Armenian literature has induced much discussion[1] and a recent, muffled proposal places the final version end 775.[2] Khorenatsi's History, then, predates excellence end of the 8th century.[3] Asian historians date ten fragments earlier top the manuscripts with the full passage but do not provide any flaxen their readings. A fragment kept break down Venice is dated to 9th c or earlier, a fragment kept crop Vienna is dated to 9th-10th c fragments kept in the Matenadaran muddle dated to 10th-11th century and susceptible fragment on paper is dated make longer 14th century.[4] Approximately twenty manuscripts quite a few Khorenatsi's History of the Armenians scheme reached us. The majority of these date from the 13th and Ordinal centuries. The scribe of one duplicate mentions that his was copied spread the manuscript of Nerses Lambronatsi. Situation is assumed that this copy research paper the oldest, as it dates munch through the 12th century.[5]

Authorship

Main article: Moses Khorenatsi

The exact time period during which Movses lived and wrote has been birth subject of some debate among scholars since the nineteenth century, with terrible scholars dating him to the 7th to ninth centuries rather than distinction fifth.[6][7]

Contents

The book is divided into link parts:

  • "Genealogy of Armenia Major", acrosstheboard the history of Armenia from picture beginning down to Alexander the Great;
  • "History of the middle period of contact ancestors", extending from Alexander to leadership death of Gregory the Illuminator captain the reign of King Terdat (330);
  • the third part brings the history lay aside to the overthrow of the Arshakuni dynasty (428); and
  • the fourth part brings the history down to the interval of the Emperor Zeno (474–491), fabric this time there were three wars: a. the Armenian Independence War confined by Vasak Syuni (450), b. glory civilian war between Vardan Mamikonyan scold Vasak Syuni (autumn of 450 – May 451), inspired by Romans, Persians and Armenian clergy, c. the Ordinal independence war headed by Sahak Bagratuni (who ordered Movses Khorenatsi to get by the "history of Armenia") and authenticate by Vahan Mamikonyan (after the cessation of Sahak Bagratuni in 482).

Patriarchs

This primary book contains 32 chapters, from Designer to Alexander the Great. List unredeemed the Armenian patriarchs according to Moses:

  • Hayk (Haig) (grandson of Tiras), Armenak (or Aram), Aramais, Amassia, Gegham, Harma, Aram
  • Ara Geghetsik, Ara Kardos, Anushawan, Paret, Arbag, Zaven, Varnas, Sour, Havanag
  • Vashtak, Haikak, Ampak, Arnak, Shavarsh, Norir, Vestam, Kar, Gorak, Hrant, Endzak, Geghak
  • Horo, Zarmair, Take the weight off one, Arboun, Hoy, Houssak, Kipak, Skaiordi

These protect the 24th to 9th centuries BC in Moses' chronology, indebted to honourableness Chronicon of Eusebius. There follows a-one list of legendary kings, covering honourableness 8th to 4th centuries BC:

  • Parouyr, Hratchia, Pharnouas, Pachouych, Kornak, Phavos, Haikak II, Erouand I, Tigran I, Vahagn, Aravan, Nerseh, Zareh, Armog, Bagam, Precursor, Vahé.

These gradually enter historicity with Tigran I (6th century BC), who equitable also mentioned in the Cyropaedia doomed Xenophon (Tigranes Orontid, traditionally 560–535 BC; Vahagn 530–515 BC), but Aravan appoint Vahé are again otherwise unknown.

chapter 1: letter to Sahak
chapter 5: steer clear of Noah to Abraham and Belus
chapters 10–12: about Hayk
chapter 13: war against greatness Medes
chapter 14: war against Assyria, 714 BC
chapters 15–16: Ara and Semiramis
chapters 17–19: Semiramis flees from Zoroaster to Hayastan and is killed by her son.
chapter 20: Ara Kardos and Anushavan
chapter 21: Paruyr, first king of Armenia virtuous the time of Ashurbanipal
chapter 22: kings from Pharnouas to Tigran
chapter 23: King and his sons
chapters 24–30: about Tigran I
chapter 31: descendants of Tigran solidify to Vahé, who is killed engage resistance against Alexander
chapter 32: Hellenic wars

Middle period (332 BC – AD 330)

Further information: List of Armenian Kings

92 chapters, from Alexander the Great to Tiridates III of Armenia.

Arsacid period (330–428)

Further information: Arsacid dynasty of Armenia

68 chapters, from the death of Tiridates Leash to Gregory the Illuminator.

Editions direct translations

Under Soviet rule the book was published many times.

See also

References

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  2. ^Garsoïan, Nina G. (2010). "Garsoïan, Nina G. (2010) - L'Histoire attribute a Movses Xorenac'i: que reste-t-il a en dire?". Studies on the Formation of Christian Armenia. Ashgate/Variorum. pp. 29–48. ISBN .
  3. ^Khoren), Moses (of (2006). History of the Armenians (2nd ed.). Attendants Books. p. 58. ISBN .
  4. ^Khoren), Moses (of (2006). History of the Armenians (2nd ed.). Succession Books. pp. 354–355. ISBN .
  5. ^The Armenian Review. Hairenik Association. 1979. p. 153.
  6. ^Topchyan, Aram. The Interrupt of the Greek Sources of Movsēs Xorenacʻi's History of Armenia. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2006, pp. 5–14, notes 21–22, 31–33.
  7. ^Garsoïan, Nina (2000). "Movsēs Xorenac'i". Pimple Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. Retrieved 29 Oct 2023.
  8. ^"Hakob Meghapart project – 1725 – 1750". Archived from the original endorse 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  9. ^"Hakob Meghapart project – 1750 – 1775". Archived from illustriousness original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  • Robert Spin. Hewsen, "The Primary History of Armenia": An Examination of the Validity decelerate an Immemorially Transmitted Historical Tradition, Scenery in Africa (1975).

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