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Hippolytus of Thebes was a Byzantine author of the late 7th or early 8th century. His Chronicle , preserved only in part, is an especially valuable source for New Testament chronology. Preserved fragments are scattered in about 40 manuscripts, mostly dealing with the Holy Family .
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin was a popular theme painted by both Greek and Italian artists since the dawn of the new religion. The chronology of the New Testament states that Mary lived for 11 years after the death of Jesus, dying in AD 41 according to Hippolytus of Thebes. The sanhedrin feared that her body would disappear.
Hippolytus (Greek myth), several people; Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170–c. 235), Christian writer and saint; Hippolytus of Thebes (fl. 7th/8th century), Byzantine chronographer; Hippolytus (archbishop of Gniezno) (died c. 1027) Hippolytus, Bishop of Vác (died after 1157), Hungarian prelate
He was also quoted as a reference in the Chronicle of Hippolytus of Thebes and in the anonymous work known as the Ravenna Cosmography. [3] Aphrodisianus also wrote a historical work on the Christian Mary. [4] Some speculate that this Aphrodisianus was a different author from the one who wrote Description of the East. [3] [5]
The Brazen Serpent (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by Providence Lithograph Company). Pseudo-Tertullian (probably the Latin translation of Hippolytus's lost Syntagma, written c. 220) is the earliest source to mention Ophites, and the first source to discuss the connection with serpents.
Michael Glykas or Glycas (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Γλυκᾶς) was a 12th-century Byzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer and poet.He was probably from Corfu and lived in Constantinople.
The Death of Hippolytus, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). In Greek mythology, Hippolytus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, romanized: Hippolutos, lit. 'unleasher of horses'; / h ɪ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ t ə s /) [1] is the son of Theseus and an Amazon, either Hippolyta or Antiope.
Michael Critobulus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κριτόβουλος; c. 1410 – c. 1470) was a Greek politician, scholar and historian.He is known as the author of a history of the Ottoman conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire under Sultan Mehmet II.