Editing Nicephorus Gregoras (section)

== Writings ==

Gregoras' chief work is his ''Roman History'', in 37 books, covering the years 1204 to 1359. It partly supplements and partly continues the work of [[George Pachymeres]]. Gregoras shows considerable industry, but his style is pompous and affected. This work and that of [[John VI Cantacuzenus|John Cantacuzene]] supplement and correct each other, and should be read together.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The other writings of Gregoras, which (with a few exceptions) still remain unpublished, attest his great versatility. Amongst them may be mentioned a history of the dispute with Palamas; biographies of his uncle and early instructor John, metropolitan of Heraclea, and of the martyr [[Codratus of Antioch]]; funeral orations for [[Theodore Metochites]], and the two emperors Andronicus; commentaries on the wanderings of [[Odysseus]] and on [[Synesius]]'s treatise on dreams;<ref> Niceforo Gregora, Explicatio in librum Synesii de insomniis, a cura di P. Pietrosanti, Collana Pynakes, Levante, 1999</ref> tracts on orthography and on words of doubtful meaning; a philosophical dialogue called ''Phlorentius'' or ''Concerning Wisdom''; astronomical treatises on the date of [[Easter]], on  the preparation of the [[astrolabe]] and on the predictive calculation of solar eclipses;<ref>J. Mogenet, A. Tihon, R. Royez, A. Berg, Nicéphore Grégoras - Calcul de l’éclipse de soleil du 16 Juillet 1330, ''Corpus des astronomes byzantins'', I, Gleben, 1983</ref> and an extensive correspondence.<ref>I. Sevcenko, Some autographs of Nicephore Gregoras in ''Recueil des travaux de l'Institut d'études byzantines'', VIII, pp. 435-450.</ref>{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Editions: in Bonn ''Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae'', by [[Ludwig Schopen|L. Schopen]] and [[August Immanuel Bekker|I. Bekker]], with life and list of works by [[Jean Boivin the Younger|J. Boivin]] (1829–1855); [[Jacques Paul Migne|J. P. Migne]], ''[[Patrologia Graeca]]'', cxlviii., cxlix.; see also [[Karl Krumbacher]], ''Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur'' (1897).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}