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    Movses Khorenatsi (c. 410–490s AD; Armenian: Մովսէս Խորենացի, pronounced [mɔvˈsɛs χɔɾɛnɑˈtsʰi]) was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity...
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    The Movses Khorenatsi Medal (Armenian: Մովսես Խորենացու մեդալ) is Armenia's highest cultural award. It is presented by the president of Armenia to people...
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    and the History of Armenia of the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (died 490s AD). In the former, he is based on the Persian hyparch...
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    told in the History of Armenia attributed to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi and in the Primary History traditionally attributed to Sebeos. Fragments...
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  • Albania Movses Karapetyan (born 1978), Armenian wrestler Movses Khorenatsi (410–490s), Armenian historian and author of History of Armenia Movses Silikyan...
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    Iberian-Armenian army. Artavasdes's son was then placed on the Iberian throne. Movses Khorenatsi writes that Artavasdes died having no children and was succeeded by...
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    (Old Armenian: Պատմութիւն Հայոց, Patmut῾iwn Hayoc῾), attributed to Movses Khorenatsi, is an early account of Armenia, covering the legendary origins of...
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    and the History of Armenia of the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (died 490s AD). In the Cyropaedia Orontes is unnamed, whilst in the...
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    of which are presented by the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi in his History of Armenia. Movses notes that the story, which he directly quotes from...
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    population stands just over 37,000 based on 2016 estimates. According to Movses Khorenatsi, the area of Vagharshapat was known as Artimed (Արտիմէդ), derived...
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    who succeeded the latter on the throne of Assyria, according to Movses Khorenatsi. Legends narrated by Diodorus Siculus, who drew primarily from the...
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    historian Hovnan Mayravanetsi, was an Armenian theologian and philosopher Movses Khorenatsi, was a prominent historian from late antiquity and the author of the...
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    tradition, probably basing it on the Pahlavi and Greek alphabets. Movses Khorenatsi (Moses of Khorene) was a prominent Armenian writer of the 5th century...
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    history recorded by Movses Khorenatsi, was the last king of Armenia descended from the legendary Armenian progenitor Hayk. Khorenatsi writes that Vahe rebelled...
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    with Hermaphroditus and Cupid-Eros. In James R. Russell's view, Movses Khorenatsi's telling of the legend in particular is likely a version of the story...
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    down as popular stories and were preserved in Armenia, as written by Movses Khorenatsi in the form of garbled legends in his 5th century book History of...
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    Armenian scholars, Toros Roslin, Grigor Tatevatsi, Anania Shirakatsi, Movses Khorenatsi, Mkhitar Gosh, and Frik, were erected in front of the building. They...
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    ISBN 978-0-8143-2815-6. Khorenatsi, Movses (2022-03-30). History of Armenia.: Written by the 1st Armenian Historian Movses Khorenatsi. World Scholarly Press...
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    the son of the Parthian nobleman Anak; the later Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi identifies Anak as a member of the Parthian noble house of Suren....
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  • from an unknown date until the late sixth century AD. According to Movses Khorenatsi, the dynasty of Aranshahik was established by the Armenian king Vagharshak...
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  • humanities. The law on the Movses Khorenatsi Medal has been in effect since July 26, 1993. It is named after Movses Khorenatsi. According to the September...
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    constructed in the eleventh year of the reign of Tiridates. While Movses Khorenatsi attributed it to Tiridates III, most scholars now ascribe it to Tiridates...
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    for the life and work of Mashtots are Koriun, Ghazar Parpetsi, and Movses Khorenatsi. The Life of Mashtots (Վարք Մաշտոցի), a hagiography by Koriun, a disciple...
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    of Orontid Kings. According to the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, Armavir was the first capital of the Kingdom of Armenia (although...
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  • kings. Along with the Patmutʻiwn Hayotsʻ ("History of Armenia") of Movses Khorenatsi (5th century or later), the Buzandaran Patmutʻiwnk‘ has been referred...
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    Hayastaně ev Movses Khorenatsʻin Հելլենիստական դարաշրջանի Հայաստանը և Մովսես Խորենացին [The Armenia of the Hellenistic period and Movses Khorenatsi] (in Armenian)...
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    the Nysian god". According to the fifth-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, Bardesanes of Edessa (AD 154–222), who founded the Gnostic current...
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  • defeated by Fereydun. In his History of Armenia, the Armenian writer Movses Khorenatsi identified Azhdahak with the Median king Astyages (r. 564–550 BC)...
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  • believed to derive from Vahagn, god (dic) of fire and war. According to Movses Khorenatsi, the Vahevunis were ranked in the Gahnamak among the first noble houses...
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  • historian Movses Khorenatsi tells of a certain Aran, a descendant of the legendary Armenian patriarch Hayk through Sisak. According to Movses Kagankatvatsi...
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