Death prevented him from
bringing
out this edition pp.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
, quoted below.
7.
Catalogus brevis are written.
He wrote better than any of his con-
Hymnographorum Ecclesiae Graecae, nine iambic temporaries ; he possessed the rare art of never
verses, published by Fabricius, ibid. vol. xi. p. 81. saying a word too much, nor does he repeat himself,
8. Menologium Sanctorum, in iambic verses, pub- and he persuades equally through nature and art.
lished by the same, together with Gaulmini Vita His principal works are :
Mosis, Hamburg, 1714, 8vo. 9. Excidium Hiero 1. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ιστορία σύντομος, Bre-
sulymitanum, in 150 iambic verses, published with viarium Historicum, commonly called Breviarium,
a metrical Latin version, by F. Morellus, in Ex- one of the best works of the Byzantine period. It
positio Thematum Dominicorum, &c. , Paris, 1620, begins with the murder of the emperor Mauricius
8vo. Further, a great number of hymns, sermons, in 602, and is carried down to the marriage of the
homilies, epistles, &c. ; Vita S. Andreae Apostoli
, emperor Leo IV. and Irene, in 770. Editio princeps
and other minor productions. Hody, the con- by D. Petavius, with a Latin version and notes,
tinuator of Cave, was of opinion that Anglicani Paris, 1616, 8vo. , together with a fragment of
Schisinatis Redurgutio, a work which he published Nicephorus Gregoras, the History of Georgius
at Oxford, 1691, 4to. , ought to be ascribed to Pachymeres, &c. Other editions, Paris, 1648, fol. ,
Nicephorus Callistus, but he afterwards changed with Theophylactus ; Venice, 1729. There are
his opinion. See his Letter to a Friend concerning two French translations, one by Monterole, Paris,
a Collection of Canons, Oxford, 1692, 4to. That 1618, 8vo. , and the other by Morel, ib. 1634,
work was written about 1267. (Oudin, Comment. 12mv. 2. Chronologia Compendiaria s. Tripartitu,
de Script. Ecclesiast. vol. iii. p. 709, &c. ; Cave, from Adam down to the time of the author. As
Hlist. Lit. ad an. 1333 ; Fabric. Bill. Gruec, vol. I early as about 872 this work was translated into
and
and
23
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13
$7
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1182
NICEPHORUS.
NICETAS.
Latin by Anastasius Bibliothecarius, and this 12. URANUS, &. ORANUS, of uncertain agc,
version is contained in the Fabrot edition of the wrote Vita S. Symeonis Stylitae junioris, who died
Ecclesiastical History of Anastasius, Paris, 1649, in 597 (in Acta Sunclor. ad 24 diem Maii). [W. P. ]
fol. It is also in most of the Biblioth. Patrum, NICE’RATUS (Ninpatos). 1. The father of
and was published separately by Anton. Contius, Nicias, the celebrated Athenian general. (Thuc.
Paris, 1573, 4to. J. Camerarius made another iii. 91 ; and passim. )
translation, which was published together with his 2. A son of Nicias, was put to death by the
Commentarii, &c. de Synod. Nicaean. , Basel, 1561, thirty tyrants, to whom his great wealth was no
fol. often reprinted. Further, the Greek text hy Jos. doubt a temptation. Theramenes, in his defence,
Scaliger, in his Thesaurus Temporum, Leiden, 1606, as reported by Xenophon, mentions the murder of
fol. ; Greek and Latin by J. Goarius, ad calcem Niceratus as one of the acts which tended neces-
Chron. Euscbii. Paris, 1652, fol. Venice, 1729, fol. sarily to alienate all moderate men from the govern-
3. 'Artipintikwv Nóyou III. , of which the first, meni. On his death his wife slew herself to avoid
Adversus Mummonam (id est, Constantine Copro- falling into the power of the tyrants. Niceratus
nymus) et Iconomachos was published by Canisius, is spoken of as a man of very mild and benevolent
in the fourth vol. of his Antig. Lection. , and in most disposition, and generally beloved. From Demos-
of the Biblioth. Patr. ; ample fragments of the thenes we leam also that he was of a feeble con-
Antirrhetica are in Combéfis, Bibl. Auctuar. Paris, stitution, and was childless ; but the latter state-
1648. fol. 4. Etixouet plans. Indiculus Libr. ment (if the reading drais be the right one) is in-
Sacror. , the text with a translation by Anastasius consistent with the account in Lysias (Xen. Hell.
Bibliothecarius, in Petri Pithoei Opera Posthuma, ii. 3. § 39 ; Schn. ad loc. ; Diod. xiv. 5 ; Dem. C.
Paris, 1609, 4to. ; also by Pearson, in his Critic. Meid. p. 567 ; Lys. de Bonis Niciue Frat. p. 149).
Sacr. Pearson, in Vindicia Ignatii, thinks that Niceratus is introduced as one of the characters in
the Stichometria was written by somebody who the Symposium of Xenophon.
(E. E. ).
lived before our Nicephorus. 5. Confessio Fidei ad NICE RATUS (Nexnpatos). To an epigram-
Leonem III. Pupam; a Latin version in Baronius, matist of this name has been ascribed the fourth
Annules, ad an. 811 ; Greek and Latin, in Acta epigram of Nicaenetus, already mentioned (Ni-
Synod. Ephes
. Heidelberg, 1591, fol. , together with CAENETUS], as of uncertain authorship. (Fabric.
Zonaras, Paris, 16:20, and elsewhere. 6. Cunones Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. p. 485; Jacobs, Anthol. Graec.
Breviculi XVII. , Greek and Latin, in the third vol. vii. p. 230. )
(W. M. G. ]
book of Leunclavius, Jus Graec. Rom. , also in the NICE'RATUS (Nukhpatos), a Greek writer on
second book of Bonfinius, Jus Orientale, 1583, 8vo. plants, one of the followers of Asclepiades of Bi-
7. Canones (alii) XXXVII. , Greek and Latin, in thynia (Dioscor. De Mat. Med. i. praef. vol. i. p. 2;
the third vol. of Cotelerius, Monument. Ecclesiae St. Epiphan. Adv. Haeres. i. 1. 3, p. 3, ed. Colon.
Gracc. 8. Epistola continens XVII. Interrogationes 1682), who is quoted by Asclepiades Phar-
de Re Canonica cum Responsionibus, ibid.
macion (ap. Gal. De Compos. Medicam. sc. Loc.
Bandurius intended to publish all the works ii. 1, vol. xii. p. 634), and rust, therefore, have
of Nicephorus, and after completing all preparatory lived in the latter half of the first century, B. C.
labours and making his work fit for the press, he His medical formulae are several times quoted by
published a Conspectus," Paris, 1705, 8vo. Galen (De Compos. Medicam. sec. Loc. vol. xiii.
Death prevented him from bringing out this edition pp. 87, 96, 98, 110, &c. , De Antid. ii. 15, vol.
of Nicephorus, which, according to the best know- xiv. p. 197), and once by Pliny (H. N. xxxii. 31).
ledge of the writer of this article, is still in MS. Caelius Aurelianus mentions that he wrote a work
in Paris : its publication is a great desideratum. on catalepsy (De Morb. ii. 5, p. 376). [W. A. G. ]
The Elenchus Operum Nicephori given by Fabricius NICE'RATUS, the son of Euctemon, an Athe-
(vol. vii. p. 612, &c. ) is taken from the “Con- nian statuary, flourished, as it seems from Pliny
spectus," and we refer those students to it who (H. N. xxxiv. 8. s. 19. SS 19, 31), in the time of
wish to form an adequate idea of the number and Alcibiades, of whom and his mother Demarete he
importance of the works of Nicephorus. (Cave, made statues. He also made the Aesculapius and
Hist. Lit. ad an. 806 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. Hygieia, which stood, in Pliny's time, in the temple
vii. p. 462, &c. 603, &c. 612, &c. ; Hankius, Script. of Concord at Rome. Tatian (adv. Gruec. 53, 62)
Byzant. )
mentions his statues of Telesilla and Glaucippe,
10. PHILOSOPHUS, lived about 900, at Constan- respecting which see Sillig, Catal. Artif. s. v. (P. S. )
tinople, where he enjoyed great esteem for his NICEROS, a painter of Thebes, the son and
learning and genius. He wrote Oratio Panegyrica, disciple of Aristeides, and the brother of Ariston.
s. Vita Antonii Caulei (Cauleae) Patriarch. CP. , (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. $ 23) [P. S. ]
who died in 891 (895), which is printed in Bol- NICEʼTAS (Nikytas), Byzantine writers. 1.
landii Acta Sanct. , ad diem 12 Februarii. He is ACOMINATUS ('Acouvátos), also called Choni-
perhaps also the author of 'Oktateuxós, s. Catena ates, because he was a native of Chonae, formerly
in Octateuchum et Libros Regum, which is ascribed Colossae, in Phrygia, one of the most important
to one Nicephorus Hieromonachus. The Octa- Byzantine historians, was born about the middle
teuchus was published at Venice, 1772—1773, 2 vols. of the twelfth century, and was descended from a
fol. , with a Latin version and a commentary: in the noble and distinguished family. The emperor
title there stands Leipzig, without a date. (Fabric. Isaac II. Angelus (1185–1195) appointed him
Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 610 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. ad governor of Philippopolis, at a period when the
an. 895. )
revolt of the Bulgarians, and the approach of the
11. PRESBYTER Magnae Ecclesiae S. Sophiae emperor Frederic I. of Germany, with an army of
CP. , of uncertain age, wrote “ Vita S. Andreae," 150,000 men (1189), devolved most important
surnamed ó oalós (Simplex), ed. Greek and Latin, duties upon the governors of the large towns in
in scta Sanctor. ad 28 diem Maii. (Fabric. Bibl. Thrace. Nicetas also held the offices of logo
Graec. vol. vii. p. 675. )
theta, praefectus sacri cubiculi, and others of im-
;
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NICETAS.
1183
NICETAS.
portance, and he was honoured with the title of Nicetas also wrote: Θησαυρός ορθοδοξίας, in
senator. He was present at the capture of Con- twenty-seven books, the first five of which were
stantinople by the Latins in 1204, of which he translated into Latin by P. Morel (Morellus),
has given us a most impressive and, undoubtedly, Paris, 1561, 8vo. , 1579, 1610 ; Geneva, 1629.
faithful description. His palace was burnt down They are also in the 12th vol. of the Bibl. Patr.
during the storm, and after many dangerous Colon. But the whole is as yet unpublished.
adventures he escaped, with his family, to Nicara, The complete work is extant in MS. in the Royal
through the assistance of a generous Venetian Library at Paris ; and there is another, but some.
merchant. There he continued to live at the court what abridged copy in the Bodleian. Some minor
of the emperor Theodore Lascaris, and employed productions of Nicetas, among wbich a fragment
his time in writing that great historical work which on the ceremonies observed when a Mohammedan
has brought his name down to posterity. He died adopted the Christian religion, are extant in dif-
at Nicaea in, or perhaps after 1216. Modern ferent libraries in Europe. Michael Choniates, the
travellers have tried, but in vain, to discover his elder brother of Nicetns, wrote Movodla, being the
tomb. The Historia is a corollary of ten distinct life of Nicetas in bombastic verses, translated into
works, each of which contains one or more books, of Latin, and published by P. Morel, Paris, 1566,
which there are twenty-one, giving the history of 8vo. ; and also in the 25th vol. of the Bibl. Patr.
the emperors from 1118 down to 1206: viz. Joannes Lugdun. (Fabric. Bill. Gracc. vol. vii. p. 737, &c. ;
Comnenus (1118–1143), in one book ; Manuel Hankius, Script. Byzant. ; Leo Allatius, De Nicetis;
Comnenus (1143—1180), in seven books; Alexis llamberger, Nachrichten von gelehrten Männern;
Comnenus (1180—1183), in one book ; Andro- Harris, l. c. )
nicus Comnenus (1183—1185) in two books ; 2. Arcuidiaconus et Chartophylax Magnae
Isaac Angelus (1185—1195), in three books; Ecc Constantinopolitanae, lived about 1080,
Alexis Angelus (1195—1203), in three books ; and wrote 'Avabeuatiouoi II. , Anuthematismi
Isaac Angelus and his son Alexis (1203—1204), contra Joannem Philosophum Itulum, a treatise on
in one book ; Alexis Ducas Murzuplus (1204), in the orthodox faith, which is still esteemed in the
one book ; Urbs Capta, or the events during and Greek church, though it was never printed. It is
immediately after the taking of Constantinople extant in MS. at Venice. (Cave, Hist. Liter, ad
(1204), in one book ; Baldwin of Flanders (1204 an. 1080 ; Leo Allat. De Consensu Utriusque
1206), in one book. The mode of quoting this Eccles. I. ü. c. 10. )
historical work is thus : Nicetas, Isaac Angelus, 3. BYZANTINUS, a monk who lived about 1120,
i. 3; Urbs Capta, c. 1; Andron. Comnen. ii. 5, &c. wrote Tractatus Apologeticus pro Synodo Chulce-
Editions: Ed. princeps, by H. Wolf, with a Latin donensi adversus Armeniae Principem, ed. Leo
version, Basel, 1557, fol. ; reprinted, with an index Allatius, Graece et Latine, in the first vol. of
and a chronology by Simon Goulartius, Geneva, Graecia Orthodoxa, Rome, 1652, 4to. ; some ascribe
1593, 4to ; by Fabrot, with a most valuable Glos- this work to Nicetas Paphlago. (Cave, Hist. Liter.
sarium Graeco-barbarum, and a revised translation, ad an. 1120; Fabric. Bill. Graec. vol. vii. p. 746. )
notes, &c. , Paris, 1647, fol. in the Paris collection 4. David. (See No. 9. ]
of the Byzantines; the same badly reprinted, 5. EUGENIANUS, lived probably towards the
Venice, 1729, fol. The last edition is in the Bonn end of the the twelfth century, and wrote in poetry
collection of the Byzantines, edited by J. Bekker, "The History of the Lives of Drusilla and Cha-
1835.
ricles," which is the worst of all the Greek
A Greek MS. in the Bodleian, divided into romances that have come down to us. It was
two books, and giving an account of the conquest published for the first time by Boissonade, together
of Constantinople, with special regard to the with the fragments of an erotic poem by Con-
statues destroyed by the Latins, is ascribed to stantinus Manasses, 1819, 2 vols.
Nicetas, but it seems to have been altered by a 6. GEORGIUS, of uncertain age, wrote Epistolae
later writer, who made additions. The account of de Creatione Hominis, extant in MS. at Vienna.
Hymnographorum Ecclesiae Graecae, nine iambic temporaries ; he possessed the rare art of never
verses, published by Fabricius, ibid. vol. xi. p. 81. saying a word too much, nor does he repeat himself,
8. Menologium Sanctorum, in iambic verses, pub- and he persuades equally through nature and art.
lished by the same, together with Gaulmini Vita His principal works are :
Mosis, Hamburg, 1714, 8vo. 9. Excidium Hiero 1. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ιστορία σύντομος, Bre-
sulymitanum, in 150 iambic verses, published with viarium Historicum, commonly called Breviarium,
a metrical Latin version, by F. Morellus, in Ex- one of the best works of the Byzantine period. It
positio Thematum Dominicorum, &c. , Paris, 1620, begins with the murder of the emperor Mauricius
8vo. Further, a great number of hymns, sermons, in 602, and is carried down to the marriage of the
homilies, epistles, &c. ; Vita S. Andreae Apostoli
, emperor Leo IV. and Irene, in 770. Editio princeps
and other minor productions. Hody, the con- by D. Petavius, with a Latin version and notes,
tinuator of Cave, was of opinion that Anglicani Paris, 1616, 8vo. , together with a fragment of
Schisinatis Redurgutio, a work which he published Nicephorus Gregoras, the History of Georgius
at Oxford, 1691, 4to. , ought to be ascribed to Pachymeres, &c. Other editions, Paris, 1648, fol. ,
Nicephorus Callistus, but he afterwards changed with Theophylactus ; Venice, 1729. There are
his opinion. See his Letter to a Friend concerning two French translations, one by Monterole, Paris,
a Collection of Canons, Oxford, 1692, 4to. That 1618, 8vo. , and the other by Morel, ib. 1634,
work was written about 1267. (Oudin, Comment. 12mv. 2. Chronologia Compendiaria s. Tripartitu,
de Script. Ecclesiast. vol. iii. p. 709, &c. ; Cave, from Adam down to the time of the author. As
Hlist. Lit. ad an. 1333 ; Fabric. Bill. Gruec, vol. I early as about 872 this work was translated into
and
and
23
Ba
13
$7
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1182
NICEPHORUS.
NICETAS.
Latin by Anastasius Bibliothecarius, and this 12. URANUS, &. ORANUS, of uncertain agc,
version is contained in the Fabrot edition of the wrote Vita S. Symeonis Stylitae junioris, who died
Ecclesiastical History of Anastasius, Paris, 1649, in 597 (in Acta Sunclor. ad 24 diem Maii). [W. P. ]
fol. It is also in most of the Biblioth. Patrum, NICE’RATUS (Ninpatos). 1. The father of
and was published separately by Anton. Contius, Nicias, the celebrated Athenian general. (Thuc.
Paris, 1573, 4to. J. Camerarius made another iii. 91 ; and passim. )
translation, which was published together with his 2. A son of Nicias, was put to death by the
Commentarii, &c. de Synod. Nicaean. , Basel, 1561, thirty tyrants, to whom his great wealth was no
fol. often reprinted. Further, the Greek text hy Jos. doubt a temptation. Theramenes, in his defence,
Scaliger, in his Thesaurus Temporum, Leiden, 1606, as reported by Xenophon, mentions the murder of
fol. ; Greek and Latin by J. Goarius, ad calcem Niceratus as one of the acts which tended neces-
Chron. Euscbii. Paris, 1652, fol. Venice, 1729, fol. sarily to alienate all moderate men from the govern-
3. 'Artipintikwv Nóyou III. , of which the first, meni. On his death his wife slew herself to avoid
Adversus Mummonam (id est, Constantine Copro- falling into the power of the tyrants. Niceratus
nymus) et Iconomachos was published by Canisius, is spoken of as a man of very mild and benevolent
in the fourth vol. of his Antig. Lection. , and in most disposition, and generally beloved. From Demos-
of the Biblioth. Patr. ; ample fragments of the thenes we leam also that he was of a feeble con-
Antirrhetica are in Combéfis, Bibl. Auctuar. Paris, stitution, and was childless ; but the latter state-
1648. fol. 4. Etixouet plans. Indiculus Libr. ment (if the reading drais be the right one) is in-
Sacror. , the text with a translation by Anastasius consistent with the account in Lysias (Xen. Hell.
Bibliothecarius, in Petri Pithoei Opera Posthuma, ii. 3. § 39 ; Schn. ad loc. ; Diod. xiv. 5 ; Dem. C.
Paris, 1609, 4to. ; also by Pearson, in his Critic. Meid. p. 567 ; Lys. de Bonis Niciue Frat. p. 149).
Sacr. Pearson, in Vindicia Ignatii, thinks that Niceratus is introduced as one of the characters in
the Stichometria was written by somebody who the Symposium of Xenophon.
(E. E. ).
lived before our Nicephorus. 5. Confessio Fidei ad NICE RATUS (Nexnpatos). To an epigram-
Leonem III. Pupam; a Latin version in Baronius, matist of this name has been ascribed the fourth
Annules, ad an. 811 ; Greek and Latin, in Acta epigram of Nicaenetus, already mentioned (Ni-
Synod. Ephes
. Heidelberg, 1591, fol. , together with CAENETUS], as of uncertain authorship. (Fabric.
Zonaras, Paris, 16:20, and elsewhere. 6. Cunones Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. p. 485; Jacobs, Anthol. Graec.
Breviculi XVII. , Greek and Latin, in the third vol. vii. p. 230. )
(W. M. G. ]
book of Leunclavius, Jus Graec. Rom. , also in the NICE'RATUS (Nukhpatos), a Greek writer on
second book of Bonfinius, Jus Orientale, 1583, 8vo. plants, one of the followers of Asclepiades of Bi-
7. Canones (alii) XXXVII. , Greek and Latin, in thynia (Dioscor. De Mat. Med. i. praef. vol. i. p. 2;
the third vol. of Cotelerius, Monument. Ecclesiae St. Epiphan. Adv. Haeres. i. 1. 3, p. 3, ed. Colon.
Gracc. 8. Epistola continens XVII. Interrogationes 1682), who is quoted by Asclepiades Phar-
de Re Canonica cum Responsionibus, ibid.
macion (ap. Gal. De Compos. Medicam. sc. Loc.
Bandurius intended to publish all the works ii. 1, vol. xii. p. 634), and rust, therefore, have
of Nicephorus, and after completing all preparatory lived in the latter half of the first century, B. C.
labours and making his work fit for the press, he His medical formulae are several times quoted by
published a Conspectus," Paris, 1705, 8vo. Galen (De Compos. Medicam. sec. Loc. vol. xiii.
Death prevented him from bringing out this edition pp. 87, 96, 98, 110, &c. , De Antid. ii. 15, vol.
of Nicephorus, which, according to the best know- xiv. p. 197), and once by Pliny (H. N. xxxii. 31).
ledge of the writer of this article, is still in MS. Caelius Aurelianus mentions that he wrote a work
in Paris : its publication is a great desideratum. on catalepsy (De Morb. ii. 5, p. 376). [W. A. G. ]
The Elenchus Operum Nicephori given by Fabricius NICE'RATUS, the son of Euctemon, an Athe-
(vol. vii. p. 612, &c. ) is taken from the “Con- nian statuary, flourished, as it seems from Pliny
spectus," and we refer those students to it who (H. N. xxxiv. 8. s. 19. SS 19, 31), in the time of
wish to form an adequate idea of the number and Alcibiades, of whom and his mother Demarete he
importance of the works of Nicephorus. (Cave, made statues. He also made the Aesculapius and
Hist. Lit. ad an. 806 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. Hygieia, which stood, in Pliny's time, in the temple
vii. p. 462, &c. 603, &c. 612, &c. ; Hankius, Script. of Concord at Rome. Tatian (adv. Gruec. 53, 62)
Byzant. )
mentions his statues of Telesilla and Glaucippe,
10. PHILOSOPHUS, lived about 900, at Constan- respecting which see Sillig, Catal. Artif. s. v. (P. S. )
tinople, where he enjoyed great esteem for his NICEROS, a painter of Thebes, the son and
learning and genius. He wrote Oratio Panegyrica, disciple of Aristeides, and the brother of Ariston.
s. Vita Antonii Caulei (Cauleae) Patriarch. CP. , (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. $ 23) [P. S. ]
who died in 891 (895), which is printed in Bol- NICEʼTAS (Nikytas), Byzantine writers. 1.
landii Acta Sanct. , ad diem 12 Februarii. He is ACOMINATUS ('Acouvátos), also called Choni-
perhaps also the author of 'Oktateuxós, s. Catena ates, because he was a native of Chonae, formerly
in Octateuchum et Libros Regum, which is ascribed Colossae, in Phrygia, one of the most important
to one Nicephorus Hieromonachus. The Octa- Byzantine historians, was born about the middle
teuchus was published at Venice, 1772—1773, 2 vols. of the twelfth century, and was descended from a
fol. , with a Latin version and a commentary: in the noble and distinguished family. The emperor
title there stands Leipzig, without a date. (Fabric. Isaac II. Angelus (1185–1195) appointed him
Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 610 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. ad governor of Philippopolis, at a period when the
an. 895. )
revolt of the Bulgarians, and the approach of the
11. PRESBYTER Magnae Ecclesiae S. Sophiae emperor Frederic I. of Germany, with an army of
CP. , of uncertain age, wrote “ Vita S. Andreae," 150,000 men (1189), devolved most important
surnamed ó oalós (Simplex), ed. Greek and Latin, duties upon the governors of the large towns in
in scta Sanctor. ad 28 diem Maii. (Fabric. Bibl. Thrace. Nicetas also held the offices of logo
Graec. vol. vii. p. 675. )
theta, praefectus sacri cubiculi, and others of im-
;
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1183
NICETAS.
portance, and he was honoured with the title of Nicetas also wrote: Θησαυρός ορθοδοξίας, in
senator. He was present at the capture of Con- twenty-seven books, the first five of which were
stantinople by the Latins in 1204, of which he translated into Latin by P. Morel (Morellus),
has given us a most impressive and, undoubtedly, Paris, 1561, 8vo. , 1579, 1610 ; Geneva, 1629.
faithful description. His palace was burnt down They are also in the 12th vol. of the Bibl. Patr.
during the storm, and after many dangerous Colon. But the whole is as yet unpublished.
adventures he escaped, with his family, to Nicara, The complete work is extant in MS. in the Royal
through the assistance of a generous Venetian Library at Paris ; and there is another, but some.
merchant. There he continued to live at the court what abridged copy in the Bodleian. Some minor
of the emperor Theodore Lascaris, and employed productions of Nicetas, among wbich a fragment
his time in writing that great historical work which on the ceremonies observed when a Mohammedan
has brought his name down to posterity. He died adopted the Christian religion, are extant in dif-
at Nicaea in, or perhaps after 1216. Modern ferent libraries in Europe. Michael Choniates, the
travellers have tried, but in vain, to discover his elder brother of Nicetns, wrote Movodla, being the
tomb. The Historia is a corollary of ten distinct life of Nicetas in bombastic verses, translated into
works, each of which contains one or more books, of Latin, and published by P. Morel, Paris, 1566,
which there are twenty-one, giving the history of 8vo. ; and also in the 25th vol. of the Bibl. Patr.
the emperors from 1118 down to 1206: viz. Joannes Lugdun. (Fabric. Bill. Gracc. vol. vii. p. 737, &c. ;
Comnenus (1118–1143), in one book ; Manuel Hankius, Script. Byzant. ; Leo Allatius, De Nicetis;
Comnenus (1143—1180), in seven books; Alexis llamberger, Nachrichten von gelehrten Männern;
Comnenus (1180—1183), in one book ; Andro- Harris, l. c. )
nicus Comnenus (1183—1185) in two books ; 2. Arcuidiaconus et Chartophylax Magnae
Isaac Angelus (1185—1195), in three books; Ecc Constantinopolitanae, lived about 1080,
Alexis Angelus (1195—1203), in three books ; and wrote 'Avabeuatiouoi II. , Anuthematismi
Isaac Angelus and his son Alexis (1203—1204), contra Joannem Philosophum Itulum, a treatise on
in one book ; Alexis Ducas Murzuplus (1204), in the orthodox faith, which is still esteemed in the
one book ; Urbs Capta, or the events during and Greek church, though it was never printed. It is
immediately after the taking of Constantinople extant in MS. at Venice. (Cave, Hist. Liter, ad
(1204), in one book ; Baldwin of Flanders (1204 an. 1080 ; Leo Allat. De Consensu Utriusque
1206), in one book. The mode of quoting this Eccles. I. ü. c. 10. )
historical work is thus : Nicetas, Isaac Angelus, 3. BYZANTINUS, a monk who lived about 1120,
i. 3; Urbs Capta, c. 1; Andron. Comnen. ii. 5, &c. wrote Tractatus Apologeticus pro Synodo Chulce-
Editions: Ed. princeps, by H. Wolf, with a Latin donensi adversus Armeniae Principem, ed. Leo
version, Basel, 1557, fol. ; reprinted, with an index Allatius, Graece et Latine, in the first vol. of
and a chronology by Simon Goulartius, Geneva, Graecia Orthodoxa, Rome, 1652, 4to. ; some ascribe
1593, 4to ; by Fabrot, with a most valuable Glos- this work to Nicetas Paphlago. (Cave, Hist. Liter.
sarium Graeco-barbarum, and a revised translation, ad an. 1120; Fabric. Bill. Graec. vol. vii. p. 746. )
notes, &c. , Paris, 1647, fol. in the Paris collection 4. David. (See No. 9. ]
of the Byzantines; the same badly reprinted, 5. EUGENIANUS, lived probably towards the
Venice, 1729, fol. The last edition is in the Bonn end of the the twelfth century, and wrote in poetry
collection of the Byzantines, edited by J. Bekker, "The History of the Lives of Drusilla and Cha-
1835.
ricles," which is the worst of all the Greek
A Greek MS. in the Bodleian, divided into romances that have come down to us. It was
two books, and giving an account of the conquest published for the first time by Boissonade, together
of Constantinople, with special regard to the with the fragments of an erotic poem by Con-
statues destroyed by the Latins, is ascribed to stantinus Manasses, 1819, 2 vols.
Nicetas, but it seems to have been altered by a 6. GEORGIUS, of uncertain age, wrote Epistolae
later writer, who made additions. The account of de Creatione Hominis, extant in MS. at Vienna.
