Koryun
Armenian historian
b. 380 · d. 450
Koriun was a fifth-century Armenian author and translator. He was the youngest student of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet. His sole known work is the Life of Mashtots, a biography of his teacher, which is the earliest known original work written in Armenian. The work gives information about Mashtots's invention of the Armenian alphabet, his preaching activities, and the efforts to translate the Bible and other Christian texts into Armenia, in which Koriun personally participated.
Related people
- Mesrop Mashtots disciple of · traditional
Works
- The Life of Mesrop Mashtots 5th century
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.