The Epitome

Destiny, the main character, is a compelling woman that has an alluring desire for writing. Her memoir, The Epitome of Truth was inspired by her present inner goals and her childhood memories. The messages in her memoir is written to be entertaining, informative, relatable, and easy to readthis way readers dont skip pages to get to the end. This book is vital although it does reveal unfortunate things like death, failure, betrayal, and setbacks. The one message she would like to reveal in Epitome of Truth is the effect of self discovery---the effect of knowing your background, your weaknesses, and strengths are all a part of your individual truth. Destiny has made visuals from her life to fit in words and stories for others to adhere the common knowledge to never let another person hold the pen to create your life! Life is about creating your own truth and living your life the wisest way possible.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

The twelfth-century chronicle of John Zonaras, which begins with the biblical Creation and ends in 1118, is one of the longest historical accounts written in Greek that has come down to us. It was also one of the most popular historical works of the Greek-speaking world during the Middle Ages,with a remarkably large number of manuscripts preserving the entire text or parts of it.John Zonaras' Epitome of Histories: A Compendium of Jewish-Roman History and Its Reception analyses Zonaras' chronicle as both a literary composition and a historical account. It concentrates on its composition, sources, and political, ideological, and literary background. It also includesdiscussions that go beyond the text, such as on the intellectual networks surrounding Zonaras, and the anticipated audience and the reception of the chronicle. By examining such issues, Theofili Kampianaki aims to present Zonaras' chronicle as a product which emerged from a milieu characterized bythe increased contacts with Western people and the Komnenian style of rulership in the imperial bureaucracy, and as a work which seamlessly merges the traditions of chronicle writing and classicizing historiography.