George Pachymeres

Georgius Pachymeres (Greek: Γεώργιος Παχυμέρης) (1242 – c. 1310), a Byzantine Greek

historian, philosopher and miscellaneous writer.

Contents
Biography
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Biography Georgios Pachymeres

Pachymeres was born at Nicaea, in Bithynia, where his father had taken refuge after the
capture of Constantinople by the Latins in 1204. Upon the recovery of The City from the
Latin Empire by Michael VIII Palaeologus, Pachymeres settled in Constantinople, studied law, entered the church, and subsequently
[1]
became chief advocate of the church and chief justice of the imperial court.

His literary activity was considerable, his most important work being a Byzantine history in thirteen books, in continuation of that of
George Acropolites from 1261 (or rather 1255) to 1308, containing the history of the reigns of Michael and Andronicus II
Palaeologus. Pachymeres was also the author of rhetorical exercises on philosophical themes; of a Quadrivium (arithmetic, music,
geometry, astronomy), valuable for the history of music and astronomy in the Middle Ages; a general sketch of Aristotelian
philosophy; a paraphrase of the speeches and letters of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite; poems, including an autobiography; and a
description of the square of the Augustaeum, and the column erected by Justinian in the church of Hagia Sophia to commemorate his
victories over the Persians.[1]

The History was first published in print by I. Bekker (1835) in the Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae; also by J. P. Migne, in
Patrologia Graeca (vol. cxliii, cxliv); for editions of the minor works see Karl Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur
(1897).[1] A more recent edition with French translation of the 'History' by Failler (ed) and Laurent (trans) was published in 1984. An
English translation of Books I and II (up to the recovery of Constantinople in 1261), with commentary, exists in the form of a Ph.D.
estern Australia.[2]
thesis (author Nathan John Cassidy) held in the Reid Library of the University of W

Notes
1. Chisholm 1911, p. 433.
2. Stefansson 2013, p. 136.

References
Stefansson, Jon Hjorleifur (2013).From Clear Fulfillment to Complex Prophecy: the History of the Adventist
Interpretation of Revelation 9, from 1833 to 1957
. Andrews University Digital Commons@Andrews University
Master's Theses Graduate Research. p. 136 (PDF 149).
Attribution:
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).
"Pachymeres, Georgius". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 433.

Further reading
Cassidy, Nathan John (2004). A Translation and Historical Commentary of Book One and Book Two of the Historia of
Georgius Pachymeres. PhD dissertation, University of Western Australia.
Pachymeres, Georgius (1984). Failler, Albert, ed. Relations historiques. Corpus fontium historiae Byzantinae.24.
Translated by Laurent, Vitalien. Paris: Belles Lettres.

External links
Opera Omnia by Migne Patristica Graeca with analytical indexes
G. Pachymeres, Hierocles and Philagrios, Declamationes XIII, Philogelos.
G. Pachymeris, De Michaele et Andronico Paleologis, Bonn, 1835., Greek and Latin text.

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