Now Andronicus is the apostle of the Slavic race. He traveled
among the Moravians, and the Apostle Paul taught there likewise. For in that region is Illyricum,
whither Paul first repaired and where the Slavs originally lived. Since Paul is the teacher of the
Slavic race, from which we Rus' too are sprung, even so the Apostle Paul is the teacher of us
Rus', for he preached to the Slavic nation, and appointed Andronicus as Bishop and successor to
himself among them. But the Slavs and the Rus' are one people, for it is because of the
Varangians that the latter became known as Rus', though originally they were Slavs. While some
Slavs were termed Polyanians, their speech was still Slavic, for they were known as Polyanians
because they lived in the fields. But they had the same Slavic language.
among the Moravians, and the Apostle Paul taught there likewise. For in that region is Illyricum,
whither Paul first repaired and where the Slavs originally lived. Since Paul is the teacher of the
Slavic race, from which we Rus' too are sprung, even so the Apostle Paul is the teacher of us
Rus', for he preached to the Slavic nation, and appointed Andronicus as Bishop and successor to
himself among them. But the Slavs and the Rus' are one people, for it is because of the
Varangians that the latter became known as Rus', though originally they were Slavs. While some
Slavs were termed Polyanians, their speech was still Slavic, for they were known as Polyanians
because they lived in the fields. But they had the same Slavic language.
The Apostle Paul, we know went to Macedonia. The reference to Moravia confuses me. IF Paul only got as far as Macedonia - then Macedonia is the land of the Slavs spoken about in this passage, or Illyria is actually 'higher' on the map than some ancient cartographers put it.
The reference to the Slavs as "Polyanians" is interesting, because "Poly" usually means "more than one ..." - for a moment I thought it might be a reference to their language, because he says their speech was still slavic. The term polyanians reminded me of the term used by Orbini to describe a Slavic speaking ancient Macedonian tribe as Agrians.
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