Reluctant entry of Ioannes Mauropous to court of Konstantinos IX
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KONSTANTINOS IX (1042-1055)
1043
Summary:
Pellos wanted to introduce all his learned friends to imperial service. Ioannes Mauropous was the most reluctant, but eventually he had a successful interview with Konstantinos IX and Zoe. Mauropous wrote epigrams to commemorate the occasion
Dates:
1043
Ioannes Mauropous, metropolitan of Euchaita (
Ioannes 289
)
Was introduced to the emperor (
Konstantinos 9
) and empress (
Zoe 1
) (:)
Ὅτε πρῶτον ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Mauropous: Orations 28
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (
Konstantinos 9
)
Had
Ioannes 289
(Mauropous) introduced to him and to the empress (
Zoe 1
), and on this occasion
Ioannes 289
composed an epigram (:)
Ὅτε πρῶτον ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Mauropous: Orations 28
Thinking it intolerable to be cut off in any way from
Ioannes 289
and
Ioannes 18
,
Michael 61
introduced Xiphilinos to him at once, and Mauropous later, as it was not the latter's wish to approach him immediately (:)
οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἐκείνῳ βουλομένῳ εὐθὺς προσιέναι τῷ αὐτοκράτορι Psellos: Chronographia VI 192.15-18
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He had links of friendship with many, but two men in particular (
Ioannes 18
,
Ioannes 289
: neither named) from abroad who were living in Constantinople had captured him with their deep souls (:)
ἐν μέσαις αὐτῶν ἡρπάκασί με ταῖς ψυχαῖς Psellos: Chronographia VI 192.1-4
When
Ioannes 18
and
Ioannes 289
met him, each as it were recognised in him his own soul and he was no less close to them: they depended upon one another (:)
ἀλλήλων ἐτυγχάνομεν ἐκκρεμεῖς Psellos: Chronographia VI 192.9-12
Thinking it intolerable to be cut off in any way from
Ioannes 18
and
Ioannes 289
, he introduced the former to
Konstantinos 9
at once, the latter afterwards, as it was not his wish to approach Konstantinos immediately (:)
οὐκ ἀνεκτὸν δὲ ἡγούμενος ἐν οὐδενὶ ἐκείνων ἀποτετμῆσθαι Psellos: Chronographia VI 192.15-18
Empress Theodora (
Theodora 1
)
Ioannes 289
(Mauropous) composed an epigram for her and her sister (
Zoe 1
) (:)
Δισσαῖς ἀνάσσαις αὐταδέλφαις Αὐγούσταις Mauropous: Orations 32
Empress Zoe (
Zoe 1
)
Had
Ioannes 289
(Mauropous) introduced to her and to the emperor (
Konstantinos 9
), and on this occasion
Ioannes 289
composed an epigram (:)
Ὅτε πρῶτον ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Mauropous: Orations 28
Ioannes 289
(Mauropous) composed an epigram for her and her sister (
Theodora 1
) (:)
Δισσαῖς ἀνάσσαις αὐταδέλφαις Αὐγούσταις Mauropous: Orations 32