The Medieval Church · c. 970–1000
The Suda
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What it is
Thirty thousand alphabetical entries on words, authors, and events, compiled from earlier lexica and scholia by editors who often did not understand their sources.
Why it lasted
The great Byzantine encyclopaedia, and frequently the only surviving evidence for lost ancient works and writers.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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