{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg3135.tlg001.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg3135.tlg001.local001","title":"Epitome historiarum (lib. 1‑18)","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Joannes Zonaras","authorityName":"Joannes ZONARAS Hist. et Hagiogr.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg3135-joannes-zonaras-hist-et-hagiogr/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg3135-joannes-zonaras-hist-et-hagiogr/","editors":["Ludwig Dindorf"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"University of Leipzig","sourceTitle":"Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum","edition":null,"publisher":"Teubner","place":"Leipzig","date":"1868-1871","volume":"1-4","series":null,"citation":null,"citationShort":null},"rights":{"text":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},"provenance":{"authority":"University of Leipzig","sponsors":["University of Leipzig"],"funders":["European Social Fund Saxony"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Editor-in-Chief, Perseus Digital Library","names":[]},{"role":"Corrected and encoded the text","names":[]},{"role":"Project Manager (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Project Assistant (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Lead Developer (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Technical Advisor","names":[]},{"role":"Project Manager (University of Leipzig), 2013-2014","names":[]},{"role":"Technical Manager (University of Leipzig), 2013-2015","names":[]},{"role":"Project Manager (University of Leipzig), 2015","names":[]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044004484507","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Joannes Zonaras. Epitome historiarum (lib. 1‑18). ed. Ludwig Dindorf. Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, Leipzig, Teubner, 1868-1871. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg3135.tlg001.local001","excerpt":"Εὐστόχως ἄν τις εἴποι ἐπιτωθάζων μοι, μεῖζόν 1 A σοι τοῦ ἔργου τὸ πάρεργον. ἔδει γάρ με ὡς ἀληθῶς πάλαι τῶν πραγμάτων ἀφέμενον καὶ τυρβάζεσθαι ἀποσχόμενον καὶ τοῦ μέσου μεταναστεύσαντα καὶ καθ’ ἑαυτὸν ἑλόμενον ζῆν ἀειφυγίαν τε ἑαυτοῦ καταψηφισάμενον, οὕτω τὰ καθ’ ἡμὰς οἰκονομήσαντος τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς, ἐπεὶ τοὺς δεσμούς μου διέρρηξε τῶν φιλτάτων στερήσας με, οἶς οἶδεν ἐκεῖνος λόγοις, ἀλγεινῶς μὲν ἐμοί, συμφερόντως δὲ πάντως, μηδὲν ἕτερον μετιέναι ἢ ὅσα ψυχὴν καταρτίζουσι καὶ καθαίρουσι τῶν ἐντακέντων αὐτῇ μολυσμάτων διὰ φαυ- λότητα πράξεων, καὶ ἄττα ἐξιλεοῦνται τὸ θεῖον ἐφ’ οἶς παρώργισται παρ’ ἐμοῦ, παραβεβηκότος τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα, καὶ ζητεῖν οὕτω συγγνώμην ἐπὶ τοῖς πταίσμασιν. ἐγὼ δ’ ἀμελῶς πρὸς τὸ ἔργον ἐκ τῆς πρὸς τὰ καλὰ νωθρείας διατιθέμενος περὶ τὸ πάρεργον κατέτεινα τὴν σπουδήν. Ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα τι καὶ ὑπεραπολογήσωμαι ἐμαυτοῦ, οὐκ P οἴκοθεν ὡρμήθην πρὸς τὸ ἐγχείρημα,…","divisions":[{"label":"Book praef","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-praef"},{"label":"Book 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-1"},{"label":"Book 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-2"},{"label":"Book 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-3"},{"label":"Book 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-4"},{"label":"Book 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-5"},{"label":"Book 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-6"},{"label":"Book 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-7"},{"label":"Book 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-8"},{"label":"Book 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-9"},{"label":"Book 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-10"},{"label":"Book 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-11"},{"label":"Book 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-12"},{"label":"Book 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-13"},{"label":"Book 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-14"},{"label":"Book 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-15"},{"label":"Book 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-16"},{"label":"Book 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-17"},{"label":"Book 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/#tlg3135-tlg001-local001-18"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg3135.tlg001.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg3135/tlg001/local001.json.gz"}}