David the Invincible
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David the Invincible or David the Philosopher was a neoplatonist philosopher of the 6th century.Template:Sfn
David was a pupil of Olympiodorus in Alexandria. His works, originally written in Greek, survive in medieval Armenian translation, and he was given the byname of "invincible" (Template:Langx)Template:Efn in the Armenian tradition, which considers David himself an Armenian. Historian Tara Andrews states that his ethnicity is uncertain.Template:Sfn
Due to confusion with other authors called David and due to an abundant body of medieval legend, almost nothing is known with certainty about the historical David. Armenian tradition makes him a native of Taron,[1] but this is not substantiated in contemporary sources and may be due to conflation with another person.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn[2] He was active in Alexandria in Byzantine Egypt, known as an expert in Aristotle's Physics.Template:Sfn He supposedly received the byname "invincible" for his exceptional oratory and argumentative skills.[1] David is said to have returned to his native Armenia later in life, where he was active as a teacher, but he came into conflict with the Armenian church and ultimately died in exile in Haghbat.[1]
Of the number of works attributed to him, many are pseudepigraphic or doubtful. The works which can be attributed to him with certainty or at least with some plausibility are not scholarly treatises but propaedeutic (introductory) handbooks for use in teaching beginners. They were composed in Greek but survive only in Armenian translation. Philologically, these translations are important representatives of the "Hellenizing" tradition (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in Armenian literature of the 6th to 8th centuries.[3]Template:Sfn
The David Anhaght Medal, the highest-ranking medal granted by the Armenian Academy of Philosophy, is named after him.[4] In 1978, a film about David the Invincible by Armenian director Levon Mkrtchyan was released by Armenfilm.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- ↑ Valentina Calzolari: Aux origines de la formation du corpus philosophique en Arménie: quelques remarques sur les versions arméniennes des commentaires grecs de David. In: Cristina D’Ancona (ed.): The Libraries of the Neoplatonists, Leiden 2007, 259–278, here: 261–264
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