The story of Secundus, King Hadrian's sage and of his teachings, his wisdom and his dialogue
Andreas Ellwardt (encoder annotator), Eugenia Sokolinski (metadata)
Titles
- ዜና፡ ስክንድስ፡ ጠቢብ፡ ለእንድርያኖስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወትምህርታቲሁ፡ ወጥበቡ፡gez (Zenā Sǝkǝndǝs ṭabib la-ʾƎndǝryānos nǝguś wa-tǝmhǝrtātihu wa-ṭǝbabu wa-tasǝʾǝlotātihu gez, The story of Secundus, King Hadrian's sage and of his teachings, his wisdom and his dialogue en)
- Greek Secundusgrc ( )
- سيرة سكندس الحكيم وحكمته ومسائله على تمامها وكمالهاar (Sīratu Sakundusa l-ḥakīmi wa-ḥikmatuhu wa-masāʾiluhu ʿala tamāmihā wa-kamālihā ar)
- ܫܪܒܐ ܕܣܩܘܢܕܘܣsyr (šarbā dǝ-sqūndūs syr)
General description
The Life of the Greek philosopher Secundus the Silent (Secundus the Taciturn) and the responses to king Hadrian's questions
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Creation
Date: 1300–1400
Probably composed in the 14th century (‘Secundus’, EAe, IV (2010), 590b–591a (S. Weninger)).
Witnesses
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Manuscripts used in this edition- BnF Éthiopien 123 Fǝtḥa nagaśt
- BL Oriental 827Zenā ʾƎskǝndǝr, Zenā Sǝkǝndǝs, Zenā Sarkis, Zenāhu la-qǝddus wa-bǝḍuʿ ʾabbā Bǝnyāmi, a chronographic work, prayers, hymns.
- BL Oriental 818Kǝbra nagaśt, Yoḥnnǝs Madabbǝr, Zenā bǝḍuʿān ba-mawāʿǝla ʾErmǝyās, Zenāhu la-ʾƎskǝndǝr, Zenā Sǝkǝndǝs, Maṣḥafa ṭǝnta hāymānot, Fǝkkāre ʾIyasus, Rāʾǝya Māryām, Ṭǝbāba Sābelā, Dǝrsān za-bǝḍuʿ Fisālgos, Raʾǝya Sinodā, Letter of Abgar, Homilies
- MS EMML no. 7919EMML 7919
Work of the literatures of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Secondary Bibliography
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Weninger, S. 2010. ‘Secundus’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 590b–591a.
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Brock, S. 1978. ‘Secundus the Silent Philosopher: Some Notes on the Syriac Tradition’, Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, 121/1 (1978), 94–100. (about: title , ܫܪܒܐ ܕܣܩܘܢܕܘܣ)
Secondary Bibliography
Editions Bibliography
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Heide, M. 2014. Secundus Taciturnus: Die arabischen, äthiopischen und syrischen Textzeugen einer didaktischen Novelle aus der römischen Kaiserzeit, Mit einem Beitrag von Stefan Weninger zur Übersetzungssprache der äthiopischen Version, Aethiopistische Forschungen, 81 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014). (about: title , [link] Title t3arabic Title t4syr )
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Perry, B. E. 1964. Secundus, The Silent Philosopher: The Greek Life of Secundus, critically edited and restored so far as possible together with translation of the Greek and oriental Versions, the Latin and Oriental Texts, and a study of the tradition, American Philological Association, Philological Monographs, 22 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1964). (about: title , Greek Secundus)
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