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See also:ARETHAS (c. 860-940)
, See also:Byzantine theological writer and See also:scholar, See also:archbishop of Caesarea in See also:Cappadocia, was See also:born at Patrae
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He was the author of a See also:Greek commentary on the See also:Apocalypse, avowedly based upon that of See also:Andrew, his predecessor in the archbishopric
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In spite of its author's modest estimate, See also:Arethas's See also:work is by no means a slavish compilation; it contains additions from other See also:sources, and especial care has been taken in verifying the references
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His See also:interest was not, however, confined to theological literature; he annotated the margins of his classical texts with numerous scholia (many of which are preserved), and had several See also:MSS. copied at his own expense, amongst them the Codex Clarkianus of See also:Plato (brought to See also:England from the monastery of St See also: See also:Wace, See also:Dictionary of See also:Christian See also:Biography, i.; C . See also:Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur (1897) ; G . Heinrici in See also:Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopedie (1897) . |
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