Movses Khorenatsi (circa 410-490s AD; Armenian: Մովսես Խորենացի, pronounced [mɔfˈsɛs χɔɾɛnɑˈtsʰi], also written as Movsēs Xorenac'i and Moses of Khoren, Moses of Choren, and Moses Chorenensis in Latin sources) – the "Armenian Herodotus" – was an Armenian historian, and the author of the History of the Armenians. He is credited with the earliest known historiographical work on the history of Armenia, but was also a poet, hymn writer, and a grammarian. Movses identified himself as a young disciple of Saint Mesrop Mashtots and is recognized by the Armenian Apostolic Church as one of the Holy Translators of the 5th century.