Evagrius of Antioch translates into Latin Athanasius' Greek Life of *Antony ('the Great, monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098). Written in Antioch (Syria), 356/374.
E00930
Literary - Hagiographical - Lives of saint
Athanasius of Alexandria (see also COPTIC)
Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of Antony: Latin translation by Evagrius of Antioch (BHL 609)
The Life of Antony was translated into Latin by Evagrius of Antioch, a friend of Jerome of Stridon, who names him as the author of this translation in his On Illustrious Men (125). Evagrius wrote it between 356 (death of Antony and the earliest possible date of the composition of the Greek original of his Life by Athanasius) and 374 (death of Innocentius to whom the translation was dedicated). This version is much better from the literary point of view than the probably earlier anonymous translation (E00260). It was also much more popular, though this can be proven only for the later period, from which the manuscripts of the Latin version of the Life of Antony survive. There are about 170 manuscripts of Evagrius' translation and only one of the anonymous version (but the earliest manuscripts date back only to the 9th century).
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Non Liturgical ActivityComposing and translating saint-related texts
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Discussion
The Latin Life faithfully follows the Greek original, with all the stories and miracles of Antony that are recorded there. For the summary of the content of the Life of Antony, see E00631.Bibliography
Edition:Migne, J.P., Patrologia Graeca 26 (Paris, 1887), 833-976.
Robert Wiśniewski
04/12/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00098 | Antony, 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356 | Certain |
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