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The third possible early reference is in a tenth-eleventh centuries manuscript containing a list of dates attributed to Athanasius (Atanas) of Taron (sixth century): under the year 474, the list has "Moses of Chorene, philosopher and writer". [19] A bust of Khorenatsi at the Matenadaran
Page from a 1752 edition History of Armenia, 14th-century manuscript. The History of Armenia (Old Armenian: Պատմութիւն Հայոց, romanized: Patmut’iwn Hayoc’), attributed to Movses Khorenatsi, is an early account of Armenia, covering the legendary origins of the Armenian people as well as Armenia's interaction with Sassanid, Byzantine and Arsacid empires down to the 5th century.
Abgar V on an Armenian banknote. Abgar was described as "king of the Arabs" by the Roman historian Tacitus, a near-contemporary source. [2] [3] The 5th-century Armenian historian Moses of Chorene depicted Abgar as an Armenian, [4] [5] but modern scholarly consensus agree that the Abgarids were in fact an Arab dynasty.
Moses of Chorene, History of Armenia I.10–12 According to the accounts of Movses Khorenatsi and the anonymous Primary History , Hayk fought against and killed the tyrannical Babylonian king Bel ( Belos , Belus).
Josephus does not identify these auxiliary troops (he calls them 'fugitives'), but Moses of Chorene identifies them as being the army of King Abgarus of Edessa. [11] Antipas was able to escape only with the help of Roman forces. [12]
Most common of those names is Čor (Old Armenian: Ճոր), known from Agathangelos, Moses of Chorene, Yeghishe, Lazar Parpetsi, Ananias of Shirak, Movses Daskhurantsi and Sebeos. [1] [2] All other exonyms are variants of Armenian ones. A Greek variant of this name, Tzoúr (Greek: Tζούρ) was used by Byzantine authors like Procopius.
According to Moses of Chorene, Isaac of Armenia made a translation of the Bible from the Syriac text about the year 411. This work was insufficient, and soon afterwards Mesrop's pupils were sent to Edessa to translate the scriptures.
Moses of Chorene writes that Sanatruk, while being a child was taken by a sister of King Abgar of Edessa, Avde, from Edessa to Armenia through the Kordvats Mountains, where they were caught in a sudden snowstorm. They spent three days battling the storm and the child survived thanks to a white-coated animal that kept him warm.