---
name: Hesychius of Miletus the Illustrious
name_greek: Ἡσύχιος ὁ Μιλήσιος ὁ Ἰλλουστρίος
eul_aid: uws
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/hesychius-of-miletus-uws"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hesychius of Miletus the Illustrious

*Ἡσύχιος ὁ Μιλήσιος ὁ Ἰλλουστρίος*

**eul_aid:** `uws` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/hesychius-of-miletus-uws)

Hesychius of Miletus was a 6th century CE historian and biographer. Works include historical texts. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Historical Fragments on Palmatius](https://eulogikon.org/works/hesychius-miletus-historical-fragments-uws-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Παλματίου* · `uws-ad`
- [Homily-the Nativity of Christ, Possibly Part of Roman and Universal History](https://eulogikon.org/works/hesychius-miletus-nativity-christ-uws-ab) — *Ὁμιλία εἰς τὴν Γέννησιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ* · `uws-ab`
- [Origins of Constantinople (Excerpt)](https://eulogikon.org/works/hesychius-miletus-history-constantinople-uws-ac) — *Ἱστορία Κωνσταντινουπόλεως* · `uws-ac`
- [Origins of Constantinople (Long)](https://eulogikon.org/works/hesychius-miletus-history-constantinople-uws-aa) — *Ἱστορία Κωνσταντινουπόλεως* · `uws-aa`

## License and provenance

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