Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos E / M XI
Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ Μονομάχου ملك الروم (DO III.39.10, IV.1.21) (Konstantinos 9)
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Narrative (677) Death (21) Description (165) Dignity/Office (49) Education (2) Although by no means a devotee of letters and possessing no skill in eloquence, he nevertheless admired such men and assembled in the palace the most eloquent men from every place, of whom most were in extreme old age λόγοις δὲ οὐ πάνυ καθωμιληκώς, οὐδέ τινα ἕξιν κτησάμενος λογιότητος, ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως ἐζήλου τοῦτο τὸ μέρος, καὶ τοὺς ἐλλογιμωτέρους πανταχόθεν συνήνεγκεν εἰς τὰς βασιλείους αὐλάς. Psellos: Chronographia VI 35.1-5 Tasted of learning only with his fingertip as the saying goes αὐτὸς τῶν λόγων ἄκρῳ μόνῳ δακτύλῳ τὸ τοῦ λόγου γευσάμενος. Zonaras 17.20.5 Second Name (33) Kinship (45) Location (98) Possession (3)