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Constantine Sathas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας;
The Revolution of the Greek nation in 17th century
Athens, 1865. *The chronicle of Galaxeidi, 1865.
Hellenika Anekdota (Unpublished Greek texts), (2 volumes), 1867
*New Greek Philology. Biographies of illustrious literary Greeks ... 1453 to 1821. 1868. *Greece under Turkish occupation, 1869.
Medieval Library (7 volumes)
1872-1894. *Historical essay on the theatre and music of the Byzantines, 1878. *Cretan theatre, or a collection of unpublished and unknown dramata, 1879.
Greek Stratioti in the West and the revival of the Greek military tactics
1885.
Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au Moyen Âge publiés sous les auspices de la Chambre des députés de Grèce
Paris, 1880-1890. 9 volumes in French, Italian and Latin languages.
Sur les Commentaires byzantins sur Menandre, Homere, etc.: Notice et textes grecs inédits
Paris, 1876.
Deux lettres inedites de l'empereur Michel Ducas Parapinace à Robert Guiscard rédigées par Michel Psellus
Paris, 1875.
La tradition hellenique et la legende de Phidias de Praxitele et de la fille d'Hippocrate au moyen age
Paris, 1875.
Les exploits de Digenis Akritas: Epopee byzantine du dixième siècle / publiée pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de Trebizonde.
Athens, 1875. (with Emile Legrand)
Konstantinos Sathas at the Institute for Neohellenic Research
Constantine Sathas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας; Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, 1842 – Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
, 25 May 1914) was a Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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historian and researcher.
Sathas spent his life unearthing hitherto unknown material pertaining to the history of late medieval and early modern Greece that he later published. He researched archives in Greece, Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...
(now Istanbul
)
, postal_code_type = Postal code
, postal_code = 34000 to 34990
, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
, registration_plate = 34
, blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD
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), Venice
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and Florence
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. In 1900, he moved to Paris, where he lived until his death.
Many of the numerous documents he brought to light still remain primary sources of information. It can be argued that his work was never fully appreciated and some of his views are regarded eccentric nowadays. Yet, he carried out groundbreaking work and has been considered as the best historian of Greece in the 19th century.
Selected works
In Greek
The Revolution of the Greek nation in 17th century
Athens, 1865. *The chronicle of Galaxeidi, 1865.
Hellenika Anekdota (Unpublished Greek texts), (2 volumes), 1867
*New Greek Philology. Biographies of illustrious literary Greeks ... 1453 to 1821. 1868. *Greece under Turkish occupation, 1869.
Medieval Library (7 volumes)
1872-1894. *Historical essay on the theatre and music of the Byzantines, 1878. *Cretan theatre, or a collection of unpublished and unknown dramata, 1879.
Greek Stratioti in the West and the revival of the Greek military tactics
1885.
In French
Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au Moyen Âge publiés sous les auspices de la Chambre des députés de Grèce
Paris, 1880-1890. 9 volumes in French, Italian and Latin languages.
Sur les Commentaires byzantins sur Menandre, Homere, etc.: Notice et textes grecs inédits
Paris, 1876.
Deux lettres inedites de l'empereur Michel Ducas Parapinace à Robert Guiscard rédigées par Michel Psellus
Paris, 1875.
La tradition hellenique et la legende de Phidias de Praxitele et de la fille d'Hippocrate au moyen age
Paris, 1875.
Les exploits de Digenis Akritas: Epopee byzantine du dixième siècle / publiée pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de Trebizonde.
Athens, 1875. (with Emile Legrand)
In English
* He collaborated withJ.B. Bury
John Bagnell Bury (; 16 October 1861 – 1 June 1927) was an Anglo-Irish historian, classical scholar, Medieval Roman historian and philologist. He objected to the label "Byzantinist" explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his ''Lat ...
and others for an edition of the ''History of Michael Psellus'' (Methuen & Co. London, 1899).
External links
Konstantinos Sathas at the Institute for Neohellenic Research
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sathas, Constantine 1842 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Greek historians Greek philologists Writers from Athens Greek Byzantinists Greek emigrants to France Scholars of Byzantine history