Constantine Sathas

Constantine Sathas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας, Athens, 1842 – Paris, 1914) was a Greek historian and researcher.

Sathas is considered one of the founders of Byzantine and post-Byzantine studies in Greece. He researched archives in Greece, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Venice and Florence. In 1900, he moved to Paris, where he lived until his death.

Selected works

In Greek

• The Revolution of the Greek nation in 17th century, Athens, 1865.
• The chronicle of Galaxeidi 1865.
• Hellenika Anekdota (Unpublished Greek texts), (2 volumes), 1867.
• New Greek Philology. Biographies of illustrious literary Greeks ... 1453 to 1821. 1868.
• Greece under Turkish occupation. 1869.
• Medieval Library (7 volumes) 1872-1894.
• Historical essay on the theatre and music of the Byzantines. 1878.
• Cretan theatre, or a collection of unpublished and unknown dramata. 1879.
• Monuments of Greek history (9 volumes, in French language). 1880-1890.
• Greek Stratioti in the West and the revival of the Greek military tactics, 1885.

In French

• Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au Moyen Âge publiés sous les auspices de la Chambre des députés de Grèce, Paris, 1880-1890. 9 volumes in French, Italian and Latin languages.
• Sur les Commentaires byzantins sur Menandre, Homere, etc. : Notice et textes grecs inédits, Paris, 1876.
• Deux lettres inedites de l'empereur Michel Ducas Parapinace à Robert Guiscard rédigées par Michel Psellus, Paris, 1875.
• La tradition hellenique et la legende de Phidias de Praxitele et de la fille d'Hippocrate au moyen age, Paris, 1875.
• Les exploits de Digenis Akritas : Epopee byzantine du dixième siècle / publiée pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de Trebizonde.

In English

He collaborated with J.B. Bury and others for an edition of the History of Michael Psellus (Methuen & Co. London, 1899).