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Echoes of the Definitions Ascribed to Plato in a Medieval Armenian Compendium

Muradyan, Gohar, 2024
Matenadaran: Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies (MEMAS), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 45–57 (Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran / Brepols); eISSN 3041-5063

Before 1267 a certain Gregory of Jerusalem compiled an Armenian collection of philosophical texts whose core is 365 definitions covering logic, natural philosophy, ethics and epistemology, translated from a lost or unidentified Greek collection. Definitions are variously ascribed to Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics. Muradyan traces parallels for 175 of the Armenian definitions and presents 25 that correspond, sometimes as literal translations, to the pseudo-Platonic Horoi, plus three parallels with authentic Plato. She also notes that a passage translated from the Timaeus differs from the known medieval Armenian version.

Hellenizing SchoolGrabar philologyGreek-Armenian translationpseudo-Platomedieval Armenian philosophy
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