- Vardan Aigektsi
Vardan Aygektsi (died 1250) was an
Armenia nauthor .Among his works are his Fables and a Geography, both of which have been mistakenly attributed by some to
Vardan Areveltsi .Aygektsi was born in
Marata , a Syrian village nearAleppo . Vardan lived for a time inDuluke (Doliche). Driven from there, he went to the monastery ofAygek , in the Black (Amanus) Mountains. His Fables, commonly known as "Aghvesagirq" ("The Book of the Fox"), are said to have been only in part from his pen, many additions having been made by others.He died in 1250.
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