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Hexaëmeron

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  • George the Pisidian

    George’s major work, the Hexaëmeron (Greek: “Of Six Days”), a rhapsody on the beauty of creation and the Creator’s wisdom, was popularized through translations into Armenian and Slavic languages. Other writings included the moralistic elegy “De vanitate vitae” (“On the Vanity of Life”), in the manner of the Old…

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    George’s major work, the Hexaëmeron (Greek: “Of Six Days”), a rhapsody on the beauty of creation and the Creator’s wisdom, was popularized through translations into Armenian and Slavic languages. Other writings included the moralistic elegy “De vanitate vitae” (“On the Vanity of Life”), in the manner of the Old…

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