The Scriptorium · translations
| Work | Author | Passages | Words | Commentary | Status |
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001 The Antiquorum martyriorum collectio is a modern editorial compilation of Greek martyrdom accounts, many drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea's lost or fragmentary works. The… | Eusebius Caesariensis | 16 | 3,730 | 95 9 kinds | machine-draft |
002 The Comparatio vitarum is a late 4th-century Greek text attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus, presenting a rhetorical synkrisis between personified World and Spirit. It su… | Gregory of Nazianzus | 7 | 2,230 | 42 8 kinds | machine-draft |
003 De futurae vitae deliciis is a homily attributed to John Chrysostom that blends eschatological promise with moral exhortation, depicting the joys of the afterlife. The t… | John Chrysostom | 12 | 3,018 | 70 8 kinds | machine-draft |
004 This work, attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus, combines hagiography with anti-Arian polemic, celebrating the martyrs as intercessors and victors while denouncing Arianis… | Gregory of Nazianzus | 6 | 1,270 | 35 8 kinds | machine-draft |
005 | Eudokia Augousta | 26 | 7,429 | 59 8 kinds | machine-draft |
006 This work is a homily on the Nativity attributed to John Chrysostom, blending exegesis of Luke 2 with moral exhortation in an epideictic rhetorical register typical of h… | John Chrysostom | 4 | 1,002 | 24 8 kinds | machine-draft |
007 This work, traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom, is a homily for the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24). It employs financial metaphors to frame the sermon as… | John Chrysostom | 6 | 1,676 | 36 8 kinds | machine-draft |
008 This work is a hagiographic encomium attributed to John Chrysostom, praising the martyr Drosis (Droside) and exhorting the congregation to emulate her faith. It survives… | John Chrysostom | 22 | 5,371 | 129 8 kinds | machine-draft |
009 De sancta Pelagia virgine et martyre is a hagiographical narrative traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom but now considered pseudepigraphal. It recounts the martyr… | John Chrysostom | 14 | 3,231 | 82 8 kinds | machine-draft |
010 The work 'De sancta Thecla martyre' is a hagiographical encomium traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom, though this attribution is uncertain and the text likely da… | John Chrysostom | 5 | 1,320 | 29 8 kinds | machine-draft |
011 De sanctis martyribus is a hagiographical work attributed to John Chrysostom (c. 349–407), but its authenticity is debated due to stylistic and doctrinal differences fro… | John Chrysostom | 15 | 3,863 | 88 8 kinds | machine-draft |
012 This work is a homily by John Chrysostom in praise of Babylas, a bishop of Antioch martyred under Decius (c. 250–253). Chrysostom delivers the sermon in Antioch, likely… | John Chrysostom | 10 | 2,637 | 57 8 kinds | machine-draft |
013 This dossier examines the homily 'De sancto hieromartyre Phoca,' traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom but of uncertain authorship. The text survives in a single G… | John Chrysostom | 14 | 3,646 | 81 8 kinds | machine-draft |
014 De vitae termino is a hagiographical account attributed to the 7th-century historian Theophylactus Simocatta, narrating the martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. Th… | Theophylactus Simocatta | 17 | 4,464 | 102 8 kinds | machine-draft |
015 The Historia de Melchisedech, attributed to Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, is a hagiographical narrative that expands the biblical figure Melchisedech into a legend… | Athanasius the Great of Alexandria | 6 | 1,432 | 35 8 kinds | machine-draft |
016 This work is a hagiographical encomium of the martyr Barlaam, attributed to Basil of Caesarea. The Greek title 'Βαρλαὰμ μάρτυρα' indicates a formal panegyric, likely del… | Basilius Caesariensis | 5 | 1,354 | 28 8 kinds | machine-draft |
017 This homily, traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom (c. 349–407), honors the martyr and bishop Bassus, likely from the 3rd–4th century. The Greek text survives in m… | John Chrysostom | 10 | 2,762 | 60 8 kinds | machine-draft |
018 This hagiographical narrative recounts the healing of a man blind from birth by Athanasius of Alexandria, presenting the miracle as proof of his sanctity. The text survi… | Athanasius the Great of Alexandria | 20 | 5,769 | 118 8 kinds | machine-draft |
019 The martyrdom of the Gordium martyrs, traditionally attributed to Basil of Caesarea, survives in a single 10th-century Menologion manuscript. Set in Gordium (modern Yalv… | Basilius Caesariensis | 16 | 3,881 | 95 8 kinds | machine-draft |
020 This work is a panegyric homily by John Chrysostom in praise of the martyrs Juventinus and Maximus, two soldiers executed under Emperor Julian the Apostate (r. 361–363).… | John Chrysostom | 12 | 2,711 | 70 8 kinds | machine-draft |
021 This work is a hagiographical encomium on the martyr Mammas (Mamas) of Caesarea, traditionally attributed to Basil of Caesarea (c. 330–379). The Greek text, preserved in… | Basilius Caesariensis | 8 | 2,389 | 48 8 kinds | machine-draft |
022 This homily or encomium by John Chrysostom celebrates the Egyptian martyrs, blending hagiographic narrative with rhetorical exhortation. Its elevated register and panegy… | John Chrysostom | 9 | 2,112 | 53 8 kinds | machine-draft |
023 This homily, traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom, celebrates the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24). It employs typological exegesis linking John to Christ,… | John Chrysostom | 7 | 1,834 | 41 7 kinds | machine-draft |
024 This homily, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria, celebrates the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24). It survives in Greek manuscripts but is widely considered pse… | Athanasius the Great of Alexandria | 9 | 2,184 | 53 8 kinds | machine-draft |
025 This work, transmitted under the name of John Chrysostom, is a passion narrative and hagiographical text used in Byzantine Holy Week liturgies. Its earliest manuscript w… | John Chrysostom | 2 | 531 | 12 7 kinds | machine-draft |
026 This homily, attributed to John Chrysostom, is the second in a series on the repentance of the Ninevites, a paradigmatic biblical narrative of collective penance. Delive… | John Chrysostom | 11 | 2,658 | 65 8 kinds | machine-draft |
027 This hagiographical work, traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom (c. 349–407), commemorates the martyr Romanus, likely a victim of the Diocletianic Persecution (303… | John Chrysostom | 10 | 2,434 | 60 8 kinds | machine-draft |
028 The Passio sanctorum decem martyrum Aegyptiorum is a hagiographical narrative attributed to Eusebius of Caesarea, recounting the martyrdom of ten Egyptian Christians dur… | Eusebius Caesariensis | 2 | 528 | 12 8 kinds | machine-draft |
029 This work is a homily or moral exhortation attributed to John Chrysostom, comparing human life to the sea. It survives in a limited number of Greek manuscripts, often am… | John Chrysostom | 6 | 1,359 | 35 8 kinds | machine-draft |
030 The Tractatus contra eos qui imagines faciunt is a polemical treatise attributed to Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 315–403) that argues against the creation and veneration of… | Epiphanius | 2 | 514 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
031 The Tractatus de numerorum mysteriis is a treatise on the mystical significance of numbers, attributed to Epiphanius of Salamis but likely composed by a later Byzantine… | Epiphanius | 8 | 2,056 | 48 7 kinds | machine-draft |
032 The Vitae monasticae institutio is a Greek monastic treatise traditionally attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria but likely composed in the late 4th or early 5th centur… | Athanasius the Great of Alexandria | 4 | 959 | 24 8 kinds | machine-draft |