Ioannes Hypsinous complained of receiving no promotion, despite generosity of Konstantinos IX
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS IX (1042-1055)
1042
Summary:
At a moment when Konstantinos IX was distributing gifts and honours with great generosity, Ioannes Hypsinous (through the pen of Christopher of Mytilene) said he was anxious not to be left out. But no, he was confident that he would not be ignored
Dates:
1042
Christophoros of Mitylene, poet (
Christophoros 13102
)
He wrote to
Konstantinos 9
in the persona of
Ioannes 13126
Hypsinous, protesting that Ioannes should not be ignored when such floods of generosity were flowing to all others, and expressing confidence that he would be given a share
Εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν βασιλέα, ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαρίου ᾿Ιωάννου τοῦ ῾Υψίνου Christophoros of Mitylene 55.1-13
Ioannes Hypsinous (
Ioannes 13126
)
By the pen of
Christophoros 13102
, he addressed himself to
Konstantinos 9
as he was distributing generous honours and cash; in such a flood of generosity, Ioannes was confident that he would not be ignored (:)
Christophoros of Mitylene 55.1-13
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (
Konstantinos 9
)
As he was distributing plentiful honours and cash, he received a poem from
Christophoros 13102
in the persona of
Ioannes 13126
Hypsinous; in such a flood of generosity, Ioannes was confident that he would not be neglected (:)
Christophoros of Mitylene 55.1-13