Unlike concrete, historical individuals, Ethno-mythic figures precede and exceed not only writing, but civilization itself. As for the role of Khorenatsi, a dully objective approach will suggest a far more direct and significant role in preservation of historiographic memory than meets the eye. To anachronistically project our empirical standards upon ancient societies is assumptive. His true genius was the ability to compile and preserve remnants of the very remote past under the ardent confines imposed by ecclesiastic and feudal powers.