A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

2J54 GEORGIUS. GEORGIUS.
opinions which Philoponus held are attacked. 9. such fragments as had been then collected, with;'EY KiCO'swv s rE T { &'yLov'Ava`ac-iolov!zdp'rvpa, Latin version by Fed. Morel, were first publishew
Encomium in Sanctumn Anastasiunz Martyrem; or, in 4to. Paris, 1584. Some copies of the editiol
more fully, BIos Kal lroAhlEla Kal dGATrLcs Toe d7lov have the date 1585 in the title-page. The Hexai
scal 4v6Tov oalov Iucprvpos'Ava`aarlov roe -tap- meron was also published by Brunellus, as a worl.rvpflcavTros ev II4ptL-i, Vita, Institutumn, et C(er- of Cyril of Alexandria, together with some poem
tamen Sancti, Gloriosi, et Venerabilis Martywis Anas- of Gregory Nazianzen and other pieces, 8vo. Rome
tasii, qzei in Perside l'iartyriunz passus est. This 1590. Both pieces, with the fragments, were re
piece is in prose. 10. Ets etry v BhCaX6PcvaCS vaev, printed in the appendix to the Bibliotheca Patrcuz
In Ternplum Deiparae Constantinopoli in Blacher- of La Bigne, fol. Paris, 1624, and with the versioi
tis situm,; a short poem in iambic verse. of Morel, and one or two additional fragments, ii
These are all the extant works of George; but the Paris edition of the Bibliotheca Patrum, fo]
that he wrote others appears from the quotations 1654, vol. xiv. p. 389, &c. The Latin version e
which are found in ancient writers, and of which a Morel is in the edition of the Bibliotheca, fol
considerable number have been collected from the Lyon. 1677, vol. xii. p. 323, &c. The De Expe
Chonographia of Theophanes, the Lexicon of Suidas, ditione Imnperatoris Heraclii contra Persas, th
the Compendium of Cedrenus, the Historia Eccle- Bellum Avaricum, the Hymnus Acathistus, th
siastica of Nicephorus Callisti, and the Comnmen- In Sanctam Jesu Christi D. N. Resurrectionem, th
taries of Isaacius Tzetzes. George is mentioned Heraclias, the HexaEineron, the De Vanitate Vitae
also by Johannes Tzetzes. the Contra Severumn, the Encomnium in S. Anasta
Some works known or asserted to be extant sium Martyarem, and a much-enlarged collection c
have been ascribed to George, but without suffi- fragments, with a valuable preface, introduction
cient reason. Usher and others have conjectured to the several pieces, a Latin version and note
that he was the compiler of the Clironicon Paschale, by Joseph Maria Quercius of Florence, were pul
but Quercius refutes the supposition. Possevino lished in the Corporis Historiae Byzantinae Nov.
mentions a MS. work of his, De Gestis Impera- Appendix, fol. Rome, 1777. The Appendix coin
forum Constantinopolitanorum; but the supposition prehends also the works of Theodosius Diaconu
of the existence of such a work probably originated and Corippus Africanus Grammaticus by othe
in a mistake. A MS. in the Imperial Library at editors. The De Expeditione contra Persas, Bet
Vienna is described by Nesselius and Reimannus luam Avaricum, and Heraclias are edited by Bekke
as Georgii Pisidae Diaconi et Chartop3hylacis may- and included in the Bonn reprint of the Byzantin
nae Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae et Cyrilli Mo- writers. The little poem In Templum Deiparac
nachi Breviarium Cihronographur7n ex Variis His- ic., was printed by Ducange in p. 65 of the note
toriis concinnatum, Wc. This MS. is probably the to his Zonaras, in the Paris edition of the Byzan
same which Raderus mentions as having been read tine historians. Bandurius printed it with a Lati,
by him. It is a modern MS., probably of the version in his Insperiumn Orientale, lib. vii. p. 177
latter part of the sixteenth century; and an exami- and Fabricius, with another Latin version, in hi
nation of the title of the MS. itself shows that the Bibl. Gr. vol. viii. p. 615. (Quercius, ut sup.
Chronological Compendium is ascribed to Cyril Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. i. p. 185, vol. vii. pp. 45C
alone. But to the proper title of this work is pre- 472, &c., vol. viii. pp. 612, 615; Cave, I-list. Liti
fixed the inscription rewpylov p oi irlfaov ical Kv- vol. i. p. 583.)
plAAov; an indication, perhaps, that the writer of 45. SCHOARIUS. [GENNADIUS OF CONSTA.t
the Codex intended to transcribe some of the TINOPLE, No. 2.]
works of George. The astronomical poem known 46. SYNCELLUS; termed also ABBAs and Mc
as Emrpedoclis Sphaera, consisting of 168 iambic NACHUS, lived in the latter part of the eighth an
verses, has been conjectured to be George's; but beginning of the ninth century. He obtained hi
it has been observed by Fabricius, that the writer distinguishing epithet from having been syncellu
speaks in one place like a polytheist, while all the or personal attendant of Tarasius, patriarch (
known writings of George are distinct expressions Constantinople, who died A. D. 806. Theophane,
of Christian belief; and Quercius thinks this ob- who was his friend, describes him as a man (
jection is decisive. Le Long speaks of Greek talent and learning, especially well versed in chre
Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul by George nographical and historical subjects, which he ha,
of Pisidia as being extant in the Imperial Library studied very deeply. He died in " the orthodo:
at Vienna, but they are not noticed in the cata- faith," without completing his principal (an(
logues of Lambecius and Reimannus; and it is pro- indeed only known) work, the completion c
bable that Le Long's statement is erroneous. which he strongly urged, as his dying request
Some persons have improperly confounded George upon his friend Theophanes.
of Pisidia with George of Nicomedeia, who lived He is the author of a chronography, or chro
two centuries later [GEORGIUS, No. 36]; and nicle, the title of which in full is as follows:'EK
Cave erroneously makes George of Pisidia arch- Ao'yr) Xpovoypapias ovvrayesa irod rewp-yio
bishop of Nicomedeia, although he correctly fixes MoevaXove ZvYKeAAov 7yeYOVd'Tos Tapa(riov IIcazpdp
the time in which he lived. XOu Kwvao'v'arvovu7rAsew cadr'A'dEt IyiXP~ ALo
The versification of George is correct and ele- KwXckrtavoe, A select Chronicle, drawn up by Georg
gant, and inharmonious verses are very rare. He the Monk, Syncellus of Tarasius, Patriarch o
was much admired by the later Byzantine writers, Constantinople, from Adam to Diocletian. Th
and was very commonly compared with Euripides, author states that he intended to bring his wor]
to whom some did not hesitate to prefer him. But down to A. D. 800; but, as already stated, h
his poems, however polished, are frequently dull, was cut off by death, and the work only come
though in the HexaE'meron there are some passages down to the accession of Diocletian, A. D. 284
of more elevated character. The work is included in the various editions c
The Hexaimeron and De Vanitate VFitae, with the Byzantine writers. Goarus, the Parisian editoi