Emperor Michael VII Doukas M / L XI
κῦρ Μιχαήλ (BBÖ I.23-25, Polemis 14) (Michael 7)
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Narrative (322) Authorship (1) Death (1) Description (81) Dignity/Office (48) Education (8) ... teaching him now the grammatical art, metre and language, now to discourse like orators, now familiarising him with narrative histories, at other times preparing him to listen to philosophers' speculations καὶ διδάσκοντος νῦν μὲν τὴν γραμματικὴν τέχνην καὶ μέτρα καὶ διαλέκτους, νῦν δ ᾿ ἵνα κατὰ ῥήτορας διαλέγοιτο, νῦν δ ᾿῏ἱστορίαις αὐτὸν προεθίζοντος, ἄλλοτε δὲ φιλοσόφων θεωρημάτων ἀκροᾶσθαι παρασκευάζοντος. Zonaras 18.16.6 Michael 61 Psellos was seemingly guiding him in letters,... λόγοις τῷ δόκειν αὐτὸν ἐμβιβάζοντος .... Zonaras 18.16.8 Although he has not applied himself to iambics he composes them extempore: even if he generally misses the rhythm, yet he expresses sound thought ἰάμβων δὲ μὴ προσχὼν μέτροις σχεδιάζει τούτους, εἰ καὶ μὴ ἐπιτυγχάνων τὰ πολλὰ τοῦ ῥυθμοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὑγιαίνουσαν τὴν ἔννοιαν ἐκδιδούς. Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 4.22-24 Although inadequately trained, he devoted his time to the composition of iambic and anapaestic verses τῷ ἰαμβίζειν καὶ ἀναπαίστους συντιθέναι προσέχων διηνεκῶς, καίτοι μηδ ᾿ ἐν χρῷ τῆς τέχνης γευσάμενος. Skylitzes Continuatus 171.6-9 He had no interest in war or armed soldiers, battle-cries, hardships and dangers but he spent sleepless nights devoting his time to reading, like another Demosthenes
θορύβους μὲν ἀρεϊκοὺς καὶ θωρακοφορίας καὶ θροῦν τὸν ἐνυάλιον καὶ μόχθους καὶ κινδύνους οὐδ’ ὄναρ ἐφαντάζετο, ταῖς βίβλοις δὲ σχολάζων νύκτας ἀΰπνους ἴαυεν, ἄλλος ἦν Δημοσθένης. Manasses, Chronicle 6530-6536 He loved books: wise discourse, pithy sayings, proverbs, elegant compositions, elaborate verbal configuration, stylistic changes, neologism, poetic diction and especially philosophy, its uplifting heights, the interpretation of allegory λόγων χαρακτῆρες σοφῶν, ἀποφθέγματα λακωνικά, γνωμολογίαι, καλλιρρημοσύνη συνθήκης, ὁ ποικίλος τῶν λόγων σχηματισμός, ... πρὸ δὲ τούτων ὁ πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν ἔρως, τὸ τῆς ἀναγωγῆς ὕψος, ἡ τῆς ἀλληγορίας μεταβολή. Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 4.2-7 He was numbered with the philosophers, talked with orators about emphasis or zeugma, with opticians about characteristics of rays and when there was need of allegory he often surpassed Michael 61 himself φιλοσόφοις συνετάξατο, καὶ μετὰ ῥητόρων εἶπέν τι περὶ ζεύγματος καὶ ἐμφάσεως, καὶ μετὰ ὀπτικῶν περὶ ἀποστάσεως ἀκτίνων καὶ διαστάσεως, ἀλληγορεῖν δὲ δεῆσαν πολλάκις τὸν συγγραφέα ὑπερεβάλλετο. Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 4.17-21 Was occupied with learning and was being taught by (Michael 61 ) Psellos to compose iambics περὶ λόγους ἠσχόλητο καὶ ἰάμβους συντιθέναι πρὸς τοῦ Ψελλοῦ ἐδιδάσκετο. Zonaras 18.17.10 Second Name (15) Doukas Δούκας. Kleinchroniken 144.75, 145.76, 161.20-21 τοῦ Δούκα. Psellos Oratoria minora 7.1, 126.1 τοῦ Δούκα. Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1354 Δούκα. Bryennios 55.16, 57.16 Δούκᾳ. Zonaras 18.21.16 Δοῦκα. Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 1.1, 12.tit.; 12.1; etc. Δούκας. Patmos: Acts 1.8.64 τοῦ Δούκα. Xenophontos 79.24 Δούκας. Psellos Robert 148 τοῦ Δούκα. Nea Mone, Miklosich-Müller 5.9 Δούκας. Seal 2947 Δούκας. Seal 2950 Δούκας. Seal 2949 Δούκας. Seal 107 Δούκας. Manasses, Chronicle 6510 Kinship (95) Location (35) Occupation/Vocation (4) Alternative Name (3)