SOME OBSERVATIONS ON NOTIONS OF TIME IN THE HISTORIES OF GEORGIOS PACHYMERES AND NIKEPHOROS GREGORAS

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 47 - 68, 30.12.2023

Siren Çelik

https://doi.org/10.30517/cihannuma.1412259

Öz

This paper will investigate the notions of time encountered in the histories of Georgios Pachymeres and Nikephoros Gregoras, who stand out from other Late Byzantine historians concerning their references to time. How did the philosophical, intellectual, or ecclesiastical interests of these historians influence their conceptions of time? We will discuss how both historians fuse linear and cyclical understandings of time in their work, and how they lend further philosophical and literary meaning to the notion of time. The paper will discuss how Pachymeres’ history seems to reflect the relation between kinesis and time, whereas Gregoras’ prologue displays some parallels with Plato’s Timaeus. It will explore how while Gregoras seeks to fuse astronomy and history-writing, Pachymeres manifests an interest in kairos and liturgical time. Finally, the paper will also discuss how both historians use time as a literary feature in their narratives.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gregoras, Pachymeres, Late Byzantine historiography, historical time, Byzantine philosophy

GEORGİOS PACHYMERES VE NİKEPHOROS GREGORAS’IN TARİH ESERLERİNDEKİ ZAMAN KAVRAMLARI ÜZERİNE BAZI GÖZLEMLER

Öz

Bu makale, zaman kavramına yaklaşımlarıyla diğer Geç Bizans tarih yazarlarının arasında sıyrılan Georgios Pachymeres ve Nikephoros Gregoras’ın tarih eserlerindeki zaman algılarını ele alacaktır. Bu tarihçilerin felsefi, entelektüel ve dini ilgi alanları onların zaman algılarını nasıl etkilemiştir? Her iki tarihçinin de doğrusal ve döngüsel zaman kavramlarını nasıl birleştirdiğini, ve zaman kavramına nasıl felsefi ve edebi anlamlar yüklediklerini tartışacağız. Bu makale, Pachymeres’in tarihinin kinesis ve zaman arasındaki ilişkiyi yansıtırken, Gregoras’ın eserinin girişinin Platon’un Timaeus diyalogu ile bazı paralellikler göstermesini tartışacaktır. Makale, Gregoras astronomi ve tarih yazımını harmanlama uğraşını, Pachymeres’in de kairos kavramı ve litürjik zamana gösterdiği ilgiyi ele alacaktır. Son olarak, her iki tarihçinin de zaman kavramını eserlerinde edebi bir unsur olarak kullanmasına değinecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gregoras, Pachymeres, Geç Bizans tarihyazımı, tarihsel zaman, Bizans felsefesi

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