A German scholar of Greek mythology, Karl Otfried Muller (1797-1840), made important contributions to the study of ancient Greece. He believed in using all available sources, including art and architecture, to form an understanding of Greek life as a whole. His work represented a turning point in the development of Hellenistic studies, seeking to relate classical civilisation to the present, and creating a new conception of Hellenism. Fragmenta was part of a larger series, Scriptorum Graecorum Bibliotheca, which Muller produced in partnership with the Parisian printer-publisher Ambroise Firmin-Didot. It covers histories which have been lost, but of which fragments survive in other works. Published in Paris in 1870, Volume 5 is in two sections. The first includes histories from Aristodemus, Eusebius, Priscius, John of Antioch, John Malalas, and Critobulus of Imbros. The second is a transcription of Greek and Syrian historical fragments preserved in Armenian writings.
Table of Contents
Pars prior: Praefatio; Fragmenta Aristodemi, Eusebii, Prisci, Joannis Antiocheni, Joannis Malelae; Critobuli Imbriotae Libri Quinque de Rebus Gestis Mechemetis; Photii Homiliae Duae de Prima Rossorum Invasione; Fragmenta Peripli Ponti Euxini et Anapli Bospori; Index; Pars altera: Historicorum Graecorum et Syriorum Reliquiae in Armeniorum Scriptis Servatae.
