ISSN 1829-4618

ON THE HISTORIAN OF VARDANANTS EGHISHE'S PERSONALITY ACCORDING TO NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF EARLY MEDIEVAL LITERARY DATA

By: Musheghyan A. V., Doctor of Sciences (Philology)

During the study or examination of the works of each prominent author of ancient Armenian literature the personality and identity of the author gain an exclusive importance along with the problem of discovering his exact epoch.
The information given by Eghishe (V c.) about Vardanants, numerical data about armies and victims and various other details, his awareness of occurrences in adjacent and distant places actually make the history a valid work created by a well-informed and witnessed author and his poetically powerful, eloquent speech and hot-spirited imagination raise the work to the level of a national epic of the 5th century.

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