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George of Pisidia
The extant works
The extant works by George of Pisidia comprise more than 5,600 verses, most of which are written in iambic metre. Only De vita humana and the epigrams no. 11, 35 and 93 (Tartaglia) are written in hexameters. The 57 fragments of a possible third part of the Heraclias, 115 epigrams and a panegyric writing in prose complete his oeuvre.
In Heraclium ex Africa redeuntem
89 iambic verses
date: 610 / 611 CE
Heraclius' military coup against emperor Phokas
Expeditio Persica
1,088 iambic verses
date: 623 CE
Heraclius' first campaign against the Persians 622 / 623 CE
In Bonum patricium
168 iambic verses
date: 626 CE
Avar siege of Constantinople 626 CE
Bellum Avaricum
541 iambic verses
date: 626 CE ?
Avar siege of Constantinople 626 CE
Heraclias
471 iambic verses in 2 akroaseis and 57 fragments
date: 628 / 628 CE
Heraclius' victory over Khosrow II.
In restitutionem Crucis
116 iambic verses
date: 630 CE
restitution of the True Cross by emperor Heraclius
In Christi resurrectionem
129 iambic verses
date: ca. 630 CE
Heraclius' son and successor Heraclius Constantinus
Contra Severum
726 iambics
date: ca. 630 CE
patriarch Severus of Antioch as symbol for heresy
Hexaemeron
1,864 and 33 iambic verses
date: between 630 and 634 CE
panegyric on the six days of God's creation and on Heraclius
De vanitate vitae
261 iambic verses
date: before 638 CE
human life from a Christian viewpoint
De vita humana
90 hexameters
human life from a Christian viewpoint
In Alypium
121 iambic verses
date: after 630 CE
scoptic poem against Alypius
Epigrams
115 epigrams in iambic verses and hexameters
subjects: New Testament, saints, Christian buildings and works of art
Laudatio sancti Anastasii Persae
prose
date: 630 / 631 CE
panegyric on a Persian martyr