Psellos wrote Oratio Panegyrica 3 for Konstantinos IX
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KONSTANTINOS IX (1042-1055)
1050
Summary:
Dates:
1050 (Uncertain)
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (
Konstantinos 9
)
He received from
Michael 61
a speech of general praise for all-round qualities; at the climax (ll. 79-80), he is praised for aqueduct construction in terms reminiscent of Orationes panegyricae I, ll. 238-244 - hence the suggested date (:)
Psellos Orationes panegyricae III, 1-84
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He wrote a speech of general praise for
Konstantinos 9
's all-round qualities; at the climax (ll. 79-80), he praises him for aqueduct construction in terms reminiscent of Orationes panegyricae I, ll. 238-244 - hence the suggested date
Τῷ αὐτῷ βασιλεῖ Psellos Orationes panegyricae III, 1-84