St Athanasius the Great LETTERS, Part I, Complete

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I would add that the same obvious principle of correcting a clearly corrupt figure by the writer's own subsequent reference to it, enables us also to correct the last figures of S:2 by those of S:5, to correct the items by the sum total of S:S:6, 7, and lastly to correct the corrupt readings 'Gregorius' for Georgius, and 'Constans' for Constantius, by the many uncorrupt places which shew that the annalist himself was perfectly aware of the right names.

In one passage alone (S:13 'Athyr' twice for Mechir, cf. Fest. Ind. viii) is conjecture really needed; but even here the consuls are correctly given, and support the right date.

We are now in a position to construct tables of 'exiles' and 'quiet' periods from the Historia as corrected by itself.

Table B. Exiles &c., of Athanasius.

Exiles lasted

No.

Years

Months

Days

beginning

(a) ii

iv

xi

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