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Synopsis historike

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The Synopsis historike is a verse chronicle written by Constantine Manasses around 1187. This historical synopsis covers the period from the Creation up to 1081. Written in the "political" meter, it was a popular work requested by Irene, the sister-in-law of Emperor Manuel I. Manasses was a Byzantine chronicler, metropolitan of Naupactus, and also authored other poems and prose works.1

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  1. Manasseh
  2. Constantine Manasses
  3. Armenian literature
  4. Manasseh ben Israel

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