Stephanos Melodos
Stephanos Melodos ( Middle Greek Στέφανος ο Μελοδος ; * around 725 in Damascus ; † 802 in Sabas Monastery , Palestine ) was a Byzantine melode .
Stephanos Melodos, nephew of John of Damascus , lived in the Palestinian Sabas monastery from the age of ten. He wrote many hymns in the Middle Greek language , including the description of the martyrdom of twenty monks killed by Arabs in the monastery in 797 . A biography of Romanos the Younger is also ascribed to him, which has only been preserved in a translation into Georgian .
Stephanos' student Leontios wrote a biography of his teacher, whose connection to Stephanos Melodos was wrongly not recognized in older research.
literature
- Albrecht Berger : Stephanos [11] Melodos. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , Sp. 961-961.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephanos Melodos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Στέφανος ο Μελοδος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine melod |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at 725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Damascus |
| DATE OF DEATH | 802 |
| Place of death | Sabas Monastery , Palestine |