The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection of short
historical notes, stories, and legends about the buildings and
monuments of Constantinople, compiled in the late tenth century by
an anonymous author who made ample use of older sources. It also
describes the foundation and early (pre-Byzantine) history of the
city, and includes the Narrative on the Construction of Hagia
Sophia, a semi-legendary account of Emperor Justinian I's patronage
of this extraordinary church (built between 532 and 537). The
Patria constitutes a unique record of popular traditions about the
city, especially its pagan statues, held by its medieval
inhabitants. At the same time it is the only Medieval Greek text to
present a panorama of the city as it existed in the middle
Byzantine period. Despite its problems of historical reliability,
the Patria is still one of our main guides for the urban history of
medieval Constantinople. This translation makes the entire text of
the Patria accessible in English for the first time.
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