Greek Syntipas - Revision history

Bonsall at 15:36, 10 June 2026

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	\|Has Description=The narrative known in scholarship as ''Syntipas'', or, ''The'' ''Book of Syntipas the Philosopher'' (Βίβλος Συντίπα τοῦ φιλοσόφου'', Vivlos Syntipa tou filosofou'' in Greek) is part of the ''Book of Sindbad'' narrative family. It was translated into learned Byzantine Greek in the late 11th century by Michael Andreopoulos in eastern Asia Minor. Andreopoulos states that he translated the text from the [[Syriac Sindban\|Syriac version]], which he claims was a translation of the 9th-century Arabic translation of a Persian original. In the 13th century, Andreopoulos’ text was rewritten in a slightly less ‘elevated’ linguistic register, termed ‘''Retractatio''’, '''Metaphrasis''<nowiki/>', or '[[Reworking]]' in scholarship. From the late 16th century onwards translations into 'lower' linguistic registers begin to appear; these are known as the 'Vernacular' or '[[Post-Byzantine Version\|'Post-Byzantine' versions]] of the text. The Greek ''Syntipas'' has come down to us in 25 manuscripts, as well as in numerous chapbooks printed in Venice and Athens (for which see [[~~Kechayoglou 2004~~]]). The oldest known print dates to 1712 or 1713 (printed in Venice by Bortoli); the oldest surviving print dates to 1744 (Bortoli). Reprints continued to be made well into the 20th century.		\|Has Description=The narrative known in scholarship as ''Syntipas'', or, ''The'' ''Book of Syntipas the Philosopher'' (Βίβλος Συντίπα τοῦ φιλοσόφου'', Vivlos Syntipa tou filosofou'' in Greek) is part of the ''Book of Sindbad'' narrative family. It was translated into learned Byzantine Greek in the late 11th century by Michael Andreopoulos in eastern Asia Minor. Andreopoulos states that he translated the text from the [[Syriac Sindban\|Syriac version]], which he claims was a translation of the 9th-century Arabic translation of a Persian original. In the 13th century, Andreopoulos’ text was rewritten in a slightly less ‘elevated’ linguistic register, termed ‘''Retractatio''’, '''Metaphrasis''<nowiki/>', or '[[Reworking]]' in scholarship. From the late 16th century onwards translations into 'lower' linguistic registers begin to appear; these are known as the 'Vernacular' or '[[Post-Byzantine Version\|'Post-Byzantine' versions]] of the text. The Greek ''Syntipas'' has come down to us in 25 manuscripts, as well as in [[Greek Syntipas Prints\|numerous chapbooks]] printed in Venice and Athens (for which see [[Kechagioglou 2024]]). The oldest known print dates to 1712 or 1713 (printed in Venice by Bortoli); the oldest surviving print dates to 1744 (Bortoli). Reprints continued to be made well into the 20th century.

	The "metaphrasis" is a rather faithful ‘rewording’ or [[Reworking]] of [[Andreopoulos Syntipas\|Andreopoulos]]’ original translation. The two versions offer largely the same text, though the metaphrasis has one extra story that seems to be unique to it ([[Ingenia 3]], or, The Fish in the Field), as it does not appear in Andreopoulos or any of the eastern text traditions of Sindbad. The story is embedded in the narrative Ingenia 1, and is told not by one of the counsellors or the stepmother, but by one of the protagonists in the 7th counsellor’s story; the story is meant to serve as an additional example of the wiles of women. The Reworking version also changes the storyline of one of the stories ([[Mel]]) to an ostensibly more plausible one. (In Andreopoulos’ version, the escalating violence over the honeycomb begins with a bee that is attracted to the honey, killed by the merchant's cat, who is then killed by the hunter's dog. The author responsible for the reworking omits the cat and introduces a woman from the merchant’s village, who claims the hunter stole the beehive from her village and tries to grab it. The dog then barks at the woman, the hunter and the merchant start to fight, and the inhabitants of the two villages join in and they all kill each other. In this version, the bee’s presence is pointless. Some of the post-Byzantine versions try to make sense of the role of the bee by making the woman say that the bee was from her village and recognised the stolen honey.) These and other minor differences can help to determine which unseen or understudied manuscripts belong to which tradition.		The "metaphrasis" is a rather faithful ‘rewording’ or [[Reworking]] of [[Andreopoulos Syntipas\|Andreopoulos]]’ original translation. The two versions offer largely the same text, though the metaphrasis has one extra story that seems to be unique to it ([[Ingenia 3]], or, The Fish in the Field), as it does not appear in Andreopoulos or any of the eastern text traditions of Sindbad. The story is embedded in the narrative Ingenia 1, and is told not by one of the counsellors or the stepmother, but by one of the protagonists in the 7th counsellor’s story; the story is meant to serve as an additional example of the wiles of women. The Reworking version also changes the storyline of one of the stories ([[Mel]]) to an ostensibly more plausible one. (In Andreopoulos’ version, the escalating violence over the honeycomb begins with a bee that is attracted to the honey, killed by the merchant's cat, who is then killed by the hunter's dog. The author responsible for the reworking omits the cat and introduces a woman from the merchant’s village, who claims the hunter stole the beehive from her village and tries to grab it. The dog then barks at the woman, the hunter and the merchant start to fight, and the inhabitants of the two villages join in and they all kill each other. In this version, the bee’s presence is pointless. Some of the post-Byzantine versions try to make sense of the role of the bee by making the woman say that the bee was from her village and recognised the stolen honey.) These and other minor differences can help to determine which unseen or understudied manuscripts belong to which tradition.
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	\|Has End Date Of Composition=1100		\|Has End Date Of Composition=1100
	\|Is Date Uncertain=No		\|Is Date Uncertain=No
			\|Has Modern Research Literature=Kechagioglou (2024); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Jernstedt (1912); Skowronski and Marinescu (1992); Kechagioglou (1982); Hinterberger (2005); Hinterberger (2023); Toth (2023); Toth (2014); Toth (2016); Belcher (1987); Hinterberger (2022); Perry (1960); Romano (2008)
			\|Has Modern Edition=Jernstedt–Nikitin, Liber Syntipae (1912); Beneker and Gibson, The Byzantine Sindbad (2021)
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	\|Has Description=The narrative known in scholarship as ''Syntipas'', or, ''The'' ''Book of Syntipas the Philosopher (Vivlos Syntipa tou filosofou'' in Greek) is part of the ''Book of Sindbad'' narrative family. It was translated into learned Byzantine Greek in the late 11th century by Michael Andreopoulos in eastern Asia Minor. Andreopoulos states that he translated the text from the [[Syriac Sindban\|Syriac version]], which he claims was a translation of the 9th-century Arabic translation of a Persian original. In the 13th century, Andreopoulos’ text was rewritten in a slightly less ‘elevated’ linguistic register, termed ‘''Retractatio''’, '''Metaphrasis''<nowiki/>', or '[[Reworking]]' in scholarship. From the late 16th century onwards translations into 'lower' linguistic registers begin to appear; these are known as the 'Vernacular' or '[[Post-Byzantine Version\|'Post-Byzantine' versions]] of the text. The Greek ''Syntipas'' has come down to us in 25 manuscripts, as well as in numerous chapbooks printed in Venice and Athens (for which see [[Kechayoglou 2004]]). The oldest known print dates to 1712 or 1713 (printed in Venice by Bortoli); the oldest surviving print dates to 1744 (Bortoli). Reprints continued to be made well into the 20th century.		\|Has Description=The narrative known in scholarship as ''Syntipas'', or, ''The'' ''Book of Syntipas the Philosopher'' (Βίβλος Συντίπα τοῦ φιλοσόφου'', Vivlos Syntipa tou filosofou'' in Greek) is part of the ''Book of Sindbad'' narrative family. It was translated into learned Byzantine Greek in the late 11th century by Michael Andreopoulos in eastern Asia Minor. Andreopoulos states that he translated the text from the [[Syriac Sindban\|Syriac version]], which he claims was a translation of the 9th-century Arabic translation of a Persian original. In the 13th century, Andreopoulos’ text was rewritten in a slightly less ‘elevated’ linguistic register, termed ‘''Retractatio''’, '''Metaphrasis''<nowiki/>', or '[[Reworking]]' in scholarship. From the late 16th century onwards translations into 'lower' linguistic registers begin to appear; these are known as the 'Vernacular' or '[[Post-Byzantine Version\|'Post-Byzantine' versions]] of the text. The Greek ''Syntipas'' has come down to us in 25 manuscripts, as well as in numerous chapbooks printed in Venice and Athens (for which see [[Kechayoglou 2004]]). The oldest known print dates to 1712 or 1713 (printed in Venice by Bortoli); the oldest surviving print dates to 1744 (Bortoli). Reprints continued to be made well into the 20th century.

	The "metaphrasis" is a rather faithful ‘rewording’ or [[Reworking]] of [[Andreopoulos Syntipas\|Andreopoulos]]’ original translation. The two versions offer largely the same text, though the metaphrasis has one extra story that seems to be unique to it ([[Ingenia 3]], or, The Fish in the Field), as it does not appear in Andreopoulos or any of the eastern text traditions of Sindbad. The story is embedded in the narrative Ingenia 1, and is told not by one of the counsellors or the stepmother, but by one of the protagonists in the 7th counsellor’s story; the story is meant to serve as an additional example of the wiles of women. The Reworking version also changes the storyline of one of the stories ([[Mel]]) to an ostensibly more plausible one. (In Andreopoulos’ version, the escalating violence over the honeycomb begins with a bee that is attracted to the honey, killed by the merchant's cat, who is then killed by the hunter's dog. The author responsible for the reworking omits the cat and introduces a woman from the merchant’s village, who claims the hunter stole the beehive from her village and tries to grab it. The dog then barks at the woman, the hunter and the merchant start to fight, and the inhabitants of the two villages join in and they all kill each other. In this version, the bee’s presence is pointless. Some of the post-Byzantine versions try to make sense of the role of the bee by making the woman say that the bee was from her village and recognised the stolen honey.) These and other minor differences can help to determine which unseen or understudied manuscripts belong to which tradition.		The "metaphrasis" is a rather faithful ‘rewording’ or [[Reworking]] of [[Andreopoulos Syntipas\|Andreopoulos]]’ original translation. The two versions offer largely the same text, though the metaphrasis has one extra story that seems to be unique to it ([[Ingenia 3]], or, The Fish in the Field), as it does not appear in Andreopoulos or any of the eastern text traditions of Sindbad. The story is embedded in the narrative Ingenia 1, and is told not by one of the counsellors or the stepmother, but by one of the protagonists in the 7th counsellor’s story; the story is meant to serve as an additional example of the wiles of women. The Reworking version also changes the storyline of one of the stories ([[Mel]]) to an ostensibly more plausible one. (In Andreopoulos’ version, the escalating violence over the honeycomb begins with a bee that is attracted to the honey, killed by the merchant's cat, who is then killed by the hunter's dog. The author responsible for the reworking omits the cat and introduces a woman from the merchant’s village, who claims the hunter stole the beehive from her village and tries to grab it. The dog then barks at the woman, the hunter and the merchant start to fight, and the inhabitants of the two villages join in and they all kill each other. In this version, the bee’s presence is pointless. Some of the post-Byzantine versions try to make sense of the role of the bee by making the woman say that the bee was from her village and recognised the stolen honey.) These and other minor differences can help to determine which unseen or understudied manuscripts belong to which tradition.
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	\|Has Parent Version=Syntipas		\|Has Parent Version=Syntipas
			\|Has Author=Μιχαὴλ Ἀνδρεόπουλος (Michael Andreopoulos)
			\|Has Title=Βίβλος Συντίπα τοῦ φιλοσόφου (Book of Syntipas the philosopher)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Book of Sindbad		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Book of Sindbad
			\|Has Language Of Version=Greek
			\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Melitene
	\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1050		\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1050
	\|Has End Date Of Composition=1100		\|Has End Date Of Composition=1100
	\|Is Date Uncertain=No		\|Is Date Uncertain=No
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