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Greek translation of Jerome's Life of *Hilarion (anchorite in Palestine and Cyprus, S00099). The text survives in three recensions; the earliest is possibly very late 4th century in date. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07142

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Lives

Major author/Major anonymous work

Jerome of Stridon

Jerome of Stridon, Life of Hilarion, Greek translation (BHG 751z, BHG 752, BHG 753)

For the content of the original Latin text and the author, see E00694.

Non Liturgical Activity

Composing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts

Source

For the manuscript tradition of the text, see:
https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/16089/

https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/16090/

https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/16091/


Discussion

The primary translation of the Life of Hilarion survives in three recensions, the earliest of which is probably BHG 751z, which is an almost verbatim rendering of the original Latin phrasing into Greek. Jerome reports that his text was translated into Greek by a certain Sophronius, soon after the publication of the original text in 391. BHG 751z may possibly have been written then.


Bibliography

Text:
Strout, R.F. "The Greek versions of Jerome’s Vita Sancti Hilarionis," in W.A. Oldfather (ed.), Studies in the Text Tradition of St. Jerome’s Vitae Patrum (Urbana, 1943), 306-448.

Further reading:
Fischer, E.A., "Greek translations of Latin literature in the fourth century A.D.," Yale Classical Studies 27 (1982), 173-215, esp. 193-200.

Lampadaridi, A., "Traduire et réécrire la Vie d'Hilarion (BHL 3879): l'apport d'une nouvelle version grecque," in: S. Marjanović-Dušanić and B. Flusin (eds.), Remanier, métaphraser. Fonctions et techniques de la réécriture dans le monde byzantin (Belgrade, 2011), 45-60.


Record Created By

Efthymios Rizos

Date of Entry

4/12/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00099Hilarion, anchorite in Palestine and Cyprus, ob. 371ἹλαρίωνCertain


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