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Stepanos Asoghik ( hy, Ստեփանոս Ասողիկ), also known as Stepanos Taronetsi ( hy, Ստեփանոս Տարոնեցի), was an Armenian historian of the 11th century. His dates are unknown but he came from Taron and earned the nickname ''Asoghik'' ("teller of stories"). He wrote a ''Universal History'' in three books. The first two books summarise the history of the world - with particular reference to Armenia - using the
Stepanos Asoghik ( hy, Ստեփանոս Ասողիկ), also known as Stepanos Taronetsi ( hy, Ստեփանոս Տարոնեցի), was an Armenian historian of the 11th century. His dates are unknown but he came from Taron and earned the nickname ''Asoghik'' ("teller of stories"). He wrote a ''Universal History'' in three books. The first two books summarise the history of the world - with particular reference to Armenia - using the Bible
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, Eusebius of Caesarea, Moses of Khoren and others as sources. The third book deals with the history of the century leading up to Asoghik's own time in a rather disconnected fashion.
Translations
*Степанос Таронеци-Асохик (Asoghik, Stepanos T., 10th - 11th c.). Всеобщая история Степаноса Таронского - Асохика по прoзванию, писателя ХІ столетия. Перевод с армянскoго и объяснения Н.Эминым. Москва, Типография Лазаревского института восточных языков. 1864. XVIII, 335 стр. *Asoghik (Stepanos de Taron). L'histoire universelle, Paris, 1859. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asoghik 11th-century Armenian historians