David the Invincible, Commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics: Critical Old Armenian Text With an English Translation, Introduction and Notes (Philosophia Antiqua, 122)

David the Invincible’s (6th century AD) Commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics survives only in an old Armenian translation from Greek. Its critical edition with a Russian translation (1967) was based on the editio princeps of Venice (1833) and five manuscripts of the Matenadaran (Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Erevan). This edition includes the text of 1967, revised through careful rechecking of the same five manuscripts and the editio princeps, as well as on the basis of twenty-three other manuscripts. The book contains the first English translation of the work, textual parallels with other commentaries on Aristotle, trilingual (Armenian, Greek, English) glossaries and other material useful to interested specialists. The introduction, among other subjects, discusses the disputable issues of authorship and the translator. David the Invincible: Commentary on Aristotle’s Prior Analytics - Old Armenian Text with an English Translation, Introduction and Notes......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 The Commentaria in Aristotelem Armeniaca Project......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Brief Description of the Contents......Page 14 The Language of the Translation and the Importance of Related Sources for the Interpretation of Obscure Passages......Page 15 The Problem of the Translator......Page 18 The Problem of Authorship......Page 20 Classification of the Manuscripts......Page 28 Remarks on the Present Edition......Page 39 Armenian Text and Translation......Page 40 Lecture I......Page 41 Lecture II......Page 51 Lecture III......Page 57 Lecture IV......Page 61 Lecture V......Page 69 Lecture VI......Page 77 Lecture VII......Page 83 Lecture VIII......Page 91 Lecture IX......Page 95 Lecture X......Page 109 Lecture XI......Page 117 Lecture XII......Page 121 Lecture XIII......Page 131 Lecture XIV......Page 137 Appendix I: Parallels from Relevant Texts......Page 144 Morphology......Page 188 Syntax......Page 190 Appendix III: Lexical Grecisms (Not Included in the Glossaries of this Book) Having Greek Equivalents in David's Other Treatises......Page 196 Greek-Armenian-English Glossary......Page 200 English-Armenian-Greek Glossary......Page 208 Armenian-Greek-English Glossary......Page 216 Abbreviations and Literature......Page 224 Index of Personal Names......Page 232 Armenian Text And Translation -- Appendix I. Parallels From Relevant Texts -- Appendix Ii. A Concise Description And Typical Examples Of Morphological And Syntactical Grecisms -- Appendix Iii. Lexical Grecisms Having Greek Equivalents In David's Other Treatises -- Greek-armenian-english Glossary -- English-armenian-greek Glossary -- Armenian-greek-english Glossary. David The Invincible ; [translation, Introduction, And Notes] By Aram Topchyan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [213]-219) And Index. Text In Armenian With English Translation On Facing Pages; Introduction And Notes In English; Appendix I Contains Passages In Greek. This edition of David the Invincibles Commentary on the Prior Analytics , surviving only in an old Armenian translation from Greek, includes a revised critical text and the first English translation of the work, textual parallels with other commentaries, trilingual glossaries and other material useful to specialists.