Photius: Bibliotheca. Table of contents

Photius: Bibliotheca -- Contents

Here is a list of the codex number, and the work reviewed. Titles are derived from FREESE for codd. 1-165; beyond that, translated from Rene Henry. CPG numbers are from RH.

Note that the translations of codices 166 ff. are not public domain.

	Letter-Introduction
1	Theodore the Presbyter, On the Genuineness of the works of Dionysius the Areopagite
2	Hadrian the monk, Introduction to the scriptures [CPG 6527]
3	Nonnosus, History
4	Theodore of Mopsuestia, For Basil Against Eunomius [CPG 3859]
5	Sophronius, For Basil Against Eunomius
6	Gregory of Nyssa, For Basil Against Eunomius [CPG 3135?]
7	Gregory of Nyssa, For Basil Against Eunomius [CPG 3136?]
8	Origen, De Principiis [CPG 1482]
9	Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica [CPG 3486]
10	Eusebius, Demonstratio Evangelica [CPG 3487]
11	Eusebius, Praeparatio Ecclesiastica
12	Eusebius, Demonstratio Ecclesiastica
13	Eusebius, Refutation and defence
14	Apollinarius, Against the Heathen, On Piety, and On Truth
15	Gelasius of Cyzicus, Acts of the First Council - Nicaea
16	Acts of the Third Council - Ephesus
17	Acts of the Fourth Council - Chalcedon
18	Acts of the Fifth Council - Constantinople
19	Acts of the Sixth Council - Constantinople II
20	Acts of the Seventh Council - Nicaea II
21	John Philoponus, On the Resurrection [CPG 7272]
22	Theodosius the Monk, Refutation of John Philoponus
23	Conon, etc, Invectives against John Philoponus [CPG 7283]
24	Acts of a disputation between Tritheites and Hesitators
25	John Chrysostom, Notes on Death & Homilies [CPG 4343]
26	Synesius of Cyrene, On Providence, On the Kingdom [CPG 5630-1, 5640]
27	Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History [CPG 3495]
28	Socrates, Ecclesiastical History [CPG 6028]
29	Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History [CPG 7500]
30	Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History [CPG 6030]
31	Theodoret, Ecclesiastical History [CPG 6222]
32	Athanasius, Letters
33	Justus of Tiberias, Chronicle of the Kings of the Jews
34	Julius Africanus, Chronography [CPG 1690]
35	Philip of Side, Christian History [CPG 6026]
36	Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography [CPG 7468]
37	Anon., On Government
38	Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on Genesis [CPG 3827]
39	Eusebius, Against Hierocles [CPG 3485]
40	Philostorgius, Ecclesiastical History [CPG 6032]
41	John of Aegae, Ecclesiastical History
42	Basil the Cicilian, Ecclesiastical History
43	John Philoponus, On the Hexaemeron [CPG 7265]
44	Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana
45	Andronicianus, Against the Eunomians
46	'Theodoret', Against Heresies [CPG 6215]
47	Flavius Josephus, Jewish War
48	'Flavius Josephus' (Probably Hippolytus), On the Universe [CPG 1898]
49	Cyril of Alexandria, Against Nestorius [CPG 5217]
50	Nicias the monk, Against the Seven Chapters of Philoponus
51	Hesychius, On the Brazen Serpent
52	Acts of the synod of Side, 383, against the Messalians
53	Acts of the synod of Carthage, 412 or 411, against the Pelagians
54	A Copy of the Proceedings taken against the Doctrines of Nestorius by the Bishops of the West
55	John Philoponus, Against the Fourth Council [CPG 7271]
56	Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Against Heresies [CPG 6223]
57	Appian, Roman History
58	Arrian, Parthica
59	Acts of the Synod of the Oak, 403
60	Herodotus, History
61	Aeschines, Against Timarchus; On the False Embassy; and Against Ctesiphon
62	Praxagoras of Athens, History of Constantine the Great
63	Procopius, History
64	Theophanes of Byzantium, History
65	Theophylact Simocatta, Histories
66	Nicephorus, Historical Epitome
67	Sergius the Confessor, History
68	Cephalion, Historical Epitome
69	Hesychius Illustrius, History
70	Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library
71	Cassius Dio, History
72	Ctesias, Persica; History of India
73	Heliodorus, Aethiopica
74	Themistius, Political Orations & Lesbonax, Speeches
75	John Philoponus, On the Trinity against John Scholasticus [CPG 7268]
76	Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
77	Eunapius, Chronicle
78	Malchus, Byzantine History
79	Candidus, History
80	Olympiodorus, Histories
81	Theodore of Mopsuestia, On Persian Magic and wherein it differs from Christianity [CPG 6213]
82	Dexippus, History; Historical Epitome
83	Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Histories
84	Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Synopsis of the Histories
85	Heraclian, Against the Manichaeans [CPG 6801]
86	John Chrysostom, Letters [CPG 4402-3, 4405]
87	Achilles Tatius, Adventures of Clitophon and Leucippe
88	Gelasius of Cyzicus, Proceedings of the Synod of Nicaea [CPG 6034]
89	Gelasius of Caesarea, Continuation of the History of Eusebius Pamphili [CPG 3521]
90	Libanius, Various
91	Arrian, History of the Reign of Alexander
92	Arrian, Continuation
93	Arrian, Bithynica
94	Iamblichus, Dramaticon
95	John Scythopolita, Against Schismatics
96	George of Alexandria, Life of St. Chrysostom [CPG 7979]
97	Phlegon of Tralles, Collection of Chronicles and List of Olympian Victors
98	Zosimus, New History
99	Herodian, History
100	The Emperor Hadrian, Declamations
101	Victorinus, Panegyrics on the Emperor Zeno
102	Gelasius of Caesarea, Against the Anomoeans [CPG 3520]
103	Philo Judaeus, Allegories of the Sacred Laws, and On the Civil Life
104	Philo Judaeus, On the Essenes and Therapeutae
105	Philo Judaeus, Censure of Gaius and Censure of Flaccus
106	Theognostus of Alexandria, Outlines [CPG 1626]
107	Basil of Cicilia, Against John Scythopolita
108	Theodore of Alexandria, Against Themistius [CPG 7295]
109	Clement of Alexandria, Outlines [CPG 1380]
110	Clement of Alexandria, The Tutor [CPG 1376]
111	Clement of Alexandria, The Miscellanies [CPG 1377]
112-3	Clement of Rome, Apostolic Constitutions and Recognitions [CPG 1730]
114	Lucius of Charinus, Circuits of the Apostles: Acts of Peter, Acts of John, Acts of Andrew, Acts of Thomas, Acts of Paul
115	Anonymous, Against the Quartodecimans - Metrodorus, On the date of Easter
116	Anonymous, A Third Volume on the Holy Easter Feast, in eight books
117	Anonymous, In Defense of Origen
118	Pamphilus & Eusebius, Defense of Origen [CPG 1715]
119	Pierius, Homilies
120	Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses [CPG 1306]
121	Hippolytus, Against Heresies [CPG 1897]
122	Epiphanius, Panarion [CPG 3745]
123	Epiphanius, Ancyrotus [CPG 3744]
124	Epiphanius, On Weights and Measures
125	Justin Martyr, Apology [CPG 1073, 1076, 1084]
126	Clement of Rome, Letters to the Corinthians - Polycarp, Letter to the Philippians
127	Eusebius, Life of Constantine [CPG 3496]
128	Lucian, Dialogues
129	Lucius of Patrae, Metamorphoses
130	Damascius
131	Amyntianus, On Alexander
132-5	Palladius etc, Declamations
136	Cyril of Alexandria, Thesauri [CPG 5215]
137	Eunomius of Cyzicus, Apology [CPG 3455]
138	Eunomius, Against Basil and Letters [CPG 3456]
139	Athanasius, Commentary on Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs [CPG 2141]
140	Athanasius, Against Arius and his doctrines [CPG 2093]
141	Basil, The Six Days' Work [CPG 2835]
142	Basil, Moral Discourses [CPG 2877]
143	Basil, Letters [CPG 2900]
144	Basil, Ascetica [CPG 2876 or 2875]
145	Helladius, Lexicon
146	Anon., Lexicon of the 'pure style'
147	Anon., Lexicon of the 'serious style'
148	Anon., Lexicon of the 'political style'
149	Valerius Pollio, Lexicon
150	Julian, Lexicon -- Philostratus, Lexicon -- Valerius Diodorus, Lexicon
151	Timaeus, Lexicon to Plato
152	Aelius Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Lexicon of Attic Words
153	Pausanias, Lexicon
154	Boethus, List of Platonic Words
155	Boethus, On the Words of Doubtful Meaning in Plato
156	Dorotheus, Of New and Foreign Words in Plato
157	Moeris, Attic Words
158	Phrynichus the Arabian, Rhetorical Equipment
159	Isocrates, Orations, Letters
160	Choricius, Declamations
161	Sopater, Various Extracts
162	Eusebius of Thessalonica, Against the Aphthartodocetae
163	Vindanius Anatolius of Berytus, A Collection of Agricultural Precepts
164	Galen, On Medical Schools
165	Himerius, Declamations
>166	Antonius Diogenes, The unbelievable marvels to be found beyond Thule
167	Stobaeus, Extracts, Sentences and precepts
168	Basil of Seleucia, Discourse [CPG 6656]
169	Cyril of Alexandria, Against Nestorius
170	Anon, Summary of texts predicting Christianity
171	Eustratius of Constantinople, On the status of souls after death
172-4	John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis, etc [CPG 4409, etc]
175	Pamphila, Miscellaneous Historical Notes
176	Theopompus, Philippica.
177	Theodore of Mopsuestia, Against the defenders of original sin [CPG 3860]
178	Dioscorides, Medical handbook
179	Agapius, Manichaean pamphlets
180	John the Lydian, On prodigies, etc
181	Damascius of Damascus, On the life of the philosopher Isidore
182	Eulogios of Alexandria, Against Navatus
183	Eudocius, Paraphrase of the Octateuch [CPG 6022]
184	Eudocius, Paraphrase of Zechariah, etc [CPG 6023-4]
185	Dionysius of Aegae, 'Dictyaques' (?)
>186	Conon etc, Narrations
187	Nicomachus of Gerasa, Arithmetical Theology
188	Alexander of Mindos, Collection of marvels. -- Protagoras, Universal Geography
189	Sotion, etc, Strange stories
190	Ptolemy Hephaestion (=Ptolemy Chennus), New History
191	Basil of Caesarea, Ascetics [CPG 2875]
192A	Maximus the Confessor, Questions to Thalassios [CPG 7688]
192B	Maximus the Confessor, Letters (27) [CPG 7699]
193	Maximus the Confessor, Various [CPG 7692-3]
194	Maximus the Confessor, Various letters and theological centuries [CPG 7699, 7694, 7700, 7705]
195	Maximus the Confessor, Letter and dialogue between Pyrrhos and Maximus [CPG 7698]
196	Ephrem of Nisibis, Various 'parénèses' [CPG 3905, 3906, 3933, 3936, 3942]
197	Cassian, Three works
198	Anon., Summary of a spiritual prayer
199	John Moschos, Spiritual prayer
200	Mark the Monk, Various works [CPG 6090-4, 6097-6100]
201	Diadochus of Photicia, Various works
202	Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel and On Christ [CPG 1872-3]
203	Theodoret of Cyr, Commentary on Daniel [CPG 6027]
204	Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Questions on the Octateuch [CPG 6200]
205	Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Commentaries on the 12 prophets [CPG 6208]
206	Procopius of Gaza, Various scholia
207	Procopius of Gaza, Commentary on Isaiah [CPG 7434]
208	Eulogios of Alexandria, Against the Navatians [CPG 6976]
209	Dion of Prusa, Discourses (80)
210	Caesarius of Nazianzen (Ps.-), Questions and responses [CPG 7482]
211	Dionysius of Aegae, 'Dictyaques' (?)
212	Aenesidemus, Pyrrhonian writings
213	Agatharchidus of Cnidos, On the Red Sea
214	Hierocles, On providence and destiny
215	John Philoponos, Against the treatise on the statues of Jamblichus
216	Oribasius, Epitome of the works of Galen
217	Oribasius, Medical collection
218	Oribasius, Epitome of the Medical collection
219	Oribasius, Euphoristes
220	Theon of Alexandria, The man
221	Aetius of Amida, Work on medicine
222	Job the monk, On the incarnation [CPG 6984]
>223	Diodorus of Tarsus, Against destiny [CPG 3821]
224	Memnon of Heraclea, History of Heraclea
225	Eulogios of Alexandria, Against Severus and Theodosius [CPG 6976]
226	Eulogios of Alexandria, Against Theodosius and Severus [CPG 6976]
227	Eulogois of Alexandria, Against the Theodosians and Gaianites [CPG 6976]
228	Ephrem of Antioch, Letters and sermons [CPG 6908]
229	Ephrem of Antioch, Four works [CPG 6908]
>230	Eulogios of Alexandria, Various treatises [CPG 6976]
231	Sophronius of Jerusalem, Synodical letter to Sergius of Constantinople [CPG 7635]
232	Stephen Gobar, Miscellany [CPG 7300]
233	Germain of Constantinople, On the true and legitimate retribution [CPG 8022]
234	Methodius of Olympus, On the resurrection [CPG 1812]
235	Methodius of Olympus, On creatures [CPG 1817]
236	Methodius of Olympus, On arbitary freedom [CPG 1811]
237	Methodius of Olympus, Banquet of 10 virgins [CPG 1810]
238	Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
239	Proclus, Manual of Litterature
240	John Philoponus, On the Hexameron [CPG 7265]
241	Philostratus of Tyre, Life of Apollonius of Tyana
>242	Damascius of Damascus, Life of the Philosopher Isidore
243	Himerius, Declamations
244	Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library
245	Plutarch of Chaeronea, Parallel Lives
>246	Aelius Aristides, Panathenaicus
247	Aelius Aristides, For rhetoric against Plato
248	Aelius Aristides, General apology
249	Anon, Life of Pythagoras
250	Agatharchidus of Cnidos, On the Red Sea
251	Hierocles, On providence
252	Anon., Life of St. Gregory the Great
253	Anon., Martyrology of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
254	Anon., Martyrology of the apostle Timothy
255	Anon., Martyrology of St. Demetrius
256	Anon., Life of the holy fathers Metrophanus and Alexander
>257	Anon., Life of Paul of Constantinople
258	Anon., Life of Athanasius of Constantinople
259	Antiphon, Orations
260	Isocrates, Orations
261	Andocidus, Orations
262	Lysias, Orations
263	Isaeus, Orations
264	Aeschines, Orations
265	Demosthenes, Orations
266	Hyperidus, Orations
267	Dinarchus, Orations
268	Lycurgus, Life
269	Hesychius of Jerusalem, Eulogy of St. Andrew [CPG 6571]
270	John Chrysostom, Sermon on St. Paul
271	Asterius of Amaseus, Homilies [CPG 3260-1]
272	Leontius of Arabissos, On the creation and on Lazarus
273	Theodoret of Cyrrhus, On St. John Chrysostom [CPG 6225]
274	John Chrysostom, Various sermons
275	Hesychius of Jerusalem, etc, Homily on James the brother of the Lord [CPG 6574]
276	Nilus of Ancyra, Fragments of homilies [CPG 6078]
277	John Chrysostom, Extracts of various homilies
278	Theophrastus of Eresos, Extracts of various treatises
279	Helladius, Chrestomathy
280	Eulogios of Alexandria, Against the Navatians [CPG 6976]
	Postscript

CPG=M. GEERARD, Clavis Patrum Graecorum, I-IV, Turnhout: Brepols (1974-83).
>=The start of a new volume in R.Henry

I am aware this is a wretched translation of Henry's table of contents. Improvements are welcome.

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