Malĕlas
or
Malălas,
Ioannes (
Ἰωάννης ὁ
Μαλέλα or
Μαλάλα). A Byzantine historian born
at Antioch who flourished in the sixth century A.D. He was the author of a universal history
from the creation of the world through the reign of Justinian. It has been edited by Dindorf
(Bonn, 1831).