History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

PRErACE.
XXV
Bat I shall, in imitation of the learned Father Michael
Chamich, only mention here the names of those fro^
whose works the present volume is compiled. In dt)mg
this, 1 shall observe the order of the age in which they
flourishedin Ainaenia.
Agatiiangelus, secretary to kingTiridates, flourished
in the beginning of the fourth century. He wrote the
Memoirs of Tiridates and St. Gregory the Illuminator,
at the particular desire of the king. But it cannot
be ascertained in what language the historian wrote his
work. Some, however, assert tiiat the history was
written in the Armenian lan^ua^e with Greek characters:
while others are of opinion that it was written in Greek
and translated from it into Armenian. The latter is more
probable, as a complete history of Agathangelus, written
in the Greek language, exists to this day. This valuable
work was publislied in Constantinople in the year 1709,
or the Haican era 1158.
Zenobius, a Syrian bishop, and one of the scholars of
St. Gregory the Illuminator, flourished in tlie beginning
of the fourth century. He was called by the surname of
Gilak, and appointed by St. Gregory prior of the convent
of Innaknian in Taron. From his surname the convent
subsequently took the appellation of Gilak. At the
particular desire of St. Gregory, Zenobius wrote a
narrative of the events of his own time, giving an account
of St. Gregory's visit to Cesarea, his ordination as a
bishop by Levondius the metropolitan of that place,
and the wars of king Tiridates on the frontiers of Taron,
&c. This work was originally published in Constanti-
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