<i>Amrus Philosophus Graecus</i>: A New Witness to the Syriac Sentences of MenanderLe MuséonSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/3RZSNB42/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Yury N.Arzhanov<i>Amrus Philosophus Graecus</i>: A New Witness to the Syriac Sentences of Menanderhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/3RZSNB42https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/3RZSNB42https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/3RZSNB42Le Muséon130:1-2201771-121The article presents a Syriac collection of sentences similar to the florilegium which has become known as the Syriac Menander. The new collection, attributed to the 'Greek philosopher Amrus', is found on the fly-leaves of the ms. BL Add. 14598. It turns out to have been derived from the version which is preserved in the ms. BL Add. 14658. The modifications found in the new witness may be explained by scribal carelessness and as the product of deliberate alteration. Thus the collection of the ms. BL Add. 14598 provides us with an insight into the afterlife of the Syriac Menander. It also gives witness of the usage of the moral maxims in Syriac monastic communities.
Arzhanov, Yury N. “Amrus Philosophus Graecus: A New Witness to the Syriac Sentences of Menander.” Le Muséon 130:1-2 (2017): 71–121.
Yury N. Arzhanov, Amrus Philosophus Graecus: A New Witness to the Syriac Sentences of Menander,” Le Muséon 130:1-2 (2017): 71–121.Greek philosophyHomerMenanderVII-XVIII CEethicsgnomologiaprimary sources [Syriac] + English translationtranslations from Greektranslations into Syriac