Constantine Sathas

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Photo in Hestia magazine, 1894

Constantine Sathas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας, Athens, 1842 – Paris, 1914) was a Greek historian and researcher.

Sathas is considered one of the founders of Byzantine and post-Byzantine studies in Greece.^{[citation needed]} He researched archives in Greece, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Venice and Florence. In 1900, he moved to Paris, where he lived until his death.

Selected works[]

In Greek[]

• The Revolution of the Greek nation in 17th century, Athens, 1865.
• The chronicle of Galaxeidi 1865.
• Hellenika Anekdota (Unpublished Greek texts), (2 volumes), 1867.
• New Greek Philology. Biographies of illustrious literary Greeks ... 1453 to 1821. 1868.
• Greece under Turkish occupation. 1869.
• Medieval Library (7 volumes) 1872-1894.
• Historical essay on the theatre and music of the Byzantines. 1878.
• Cretan theatre, or a collection of unpublished and unknown dramata. 1879.
• Monuments of Greek history (9 volumes, in French language). 1880-1890.
• Greek Stratioti in the West and the revival of the Greek military tactics, 1885.

In French[]

• Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au Moyen Âge publiés sous les auspices de la Chambre des députés de Grèce, Paris, 1880-1890. 9 volumes in French, Italian and Latin languages.
• Sur les Commentaires byzantins sur Menandre, Homere, etc. : Notice et textes grecs inédits, Paris, 1876.
• Deux lettres inedites de l'empereur Michel Ducas Parapinace à Robert Guiscard rédigées par Michel Psellus, Paris, 1875.
• La tradition hellenique et la legende de Phidias de Praxitele et de la fille d'Hippocrate au moyen age, Paris, 1875.
• Les exploits de Digenis Akritas : Epopee byzantine du dixième siècle / publiée pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de Trebizonde.

In English[]

He collaborated with J.B. Bury and others for an edition of the History of Michael Psellus (Methuen & Co. London, 1899).

External links[]

• Sathas Konstantinos Bio at Institute for Neohellenic Research