Χριστόδωρος
Christodoros, Christodorus
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝5 Dec 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Son of Paniskos, from Koptos,1 a city of Egypt; epic poet. He was at his peak in the times of the emperor Anastasios.2 He wrote an Isaurika in six books; it contains the sack of Isauria by the emperor Anastasios. [He also wrote] an epic called Land of Constantinople in 12 books, an epic called Land of Thessalonike in 25 books, Land of Nakle (a city near Heliopolis where the so-called Aphaka are),3 Land of Miletos in Ionia, Land of Tralles, Land of Aphrodisias, Description of the Statues in [the baths of] Zeuxippos [at Constantinople],4 and many other works.