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AUC PHILOLOGICA, Vol 2016 No 2 (2016), 33–42
Photius and μεταγραφειν: Some notes on the linguistic aspect of Photius’ testimony to the nature of Zosimus’ drawing upon the Histories by Eunapius of Sardis
Ivan Prchlík
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/24646830.2016.3
published online: 05. 05. 2016
abstract
Photius’ statement, if understood literally, seems to indicate Zosimus’ New History to have been a virtual transcription of the Histories by Eunapius of Sardis. Some of the modern scholars mistrust his authority, yet one of them, J. A. Ochoa, tried to analyse Photius ’ statement in order to achieve a more nuanced interpretation that would even allow for a non-literal reading. In this paper, Photius’ usage of the verb μεταγράφειν is re-examined, as well as other reviews of his Bibliotheca are pointed to, in which there are compared the authors who are known to have drawn upon one another, yet not exclusively. Both clearly testify that what Photius had in mind was that Zosimus had drawn solely upon Eunapius in the relevant section of the New History. One minor observation corroborates the hypothesis that also the opening chapters of the first book are in fact part of this section. Fótios a μεταγράφειν. několik poznámek k lingvistickému aspektu Fótiova svědectví o povaze Zósimova čerpání z dějepisného díla Eunapia ze Sard Podle Fótia, je-li chápán doslovně, bylo dějepisné dílo Zósimovo téměř opsáno z Eunapiova. Někteří moderní badatelé Fótiovi nevěří, jeden z nich, J. A. Ochoa, se však pokusil Fótiovu formulaci rozebrat a dospět k takové interpretaci, která by dokonce umožňovala chápat ji volněji. V tomto článku je znovu rozebráno Fótiovo užití slovesa μεταγράφειν a dále poukázáno na ty části Bibliothéky, v nichž jsou srovnáváni dva autoři známí tím, že jeden čerpal z druhého, ale nikoli výhradně. Obojí jasně dokazuje, že Fótiovým názorem skutečně bylo, že v příslušné pasáži svého díla čerpal Zósimos výhradně z Eunapia. Jedním postřehem menšího významu lze podpořit i domněnku, že součástí této pasáže byla také první část první knihy.
keywords: Photius; Bibliotheca; Zosimus; Eunapius of Sardis; metagraphein/metagraphe
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