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. Volume 4 comprises fragments from the beginning of the reign of Constantine in 306 CE, until the reign of Emperor Phocas, 602-610 CE. Published in 1851, it includes the first modern edition of the surviving works of the Byzantine historian John of Antioch.
Table of Contents
Fragmena Praxagorae Atheniensis, Bemarchii Caesariensis, Eustathii Cappadocis, Eutychiani Cappadocis, Magni Carrheni, Eunapii Sardiani, Olympiodori Thebaei, Prisci Panitae, Malchi Philadelphensis, Capitonis Lycii, Candidi Isauri, Eustathii Epiphaniensis, Hesychii Milesii, Nonnosi, Petri Patricii, Anonymi, Menandri Ptotrectoris, Theophanis Byzantii, Joannis Epiphaniensis; Scriptores aetatis incertae, Abas-Zopyri Byzanii; Joannes Antiochenus; Addenda et corrigenda; Index auctorum; Index nominum et rerum.
