Michael Ho tou Thessalonikes (Michael the Rhetor) M XII
Μιχαήλ (Michael 17004)
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He delivered a Christmas encomium on
Manuel 1
; he began from Manuel's meekness and generosity, continued with his attack on the Serbs and Hungarians (1150), and ended with graphic descriptions of the punitive raid on the Hungarian "island" and the surrender of Zeugminon
Τοῦ Θεσσαλονίκης κῦρ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ ῥήτορος λόγος ἀναγνωσυεὶς εἰς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα κῦρ Μιχαὴλ τὸν Κομνηνόν. Michael the Rhetor, Regel 131-151
He wrote an encomium of
Manuel 1
delivered just before Epiphany 1050, joking that he was early; he spoke of Manuel's personal qualities, but concentrated on his military campaigns, especially those of 1049, without useful detail
Λόγος τοῦ αὐτοῦ κῦρ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ ῥήτορος εἰς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα κῦρ Μανουὴλ τὸν Κομνηνὸν ἀναγνωσθεὶς πρὸ τῆς τῶν φώτων ἡμέρας, καθ᾽ ἣν εἴωθεν ἀναγινώσκειν ὁ ῥήτωρ. Michael the Rhetor, Regel 165-182
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Master of the rhetors
ῥητορικῆς ... καθηγητής. Kinnamos 176.19-20
τὸν ῥητορικὸν θρόνον κοσμῶν. Niketas Choniates, Historia 211.92-93
Protekdikos
πρωτέκδικος. Michael the Rhetor, Regel 152.11
Teacher of the Holy Gospels (Hagia Sophia)
τὰ ἱερά τε ἐπὶ τοῦ τῆς Σοφίας ἱεροῦ διεξηγεῖτο τῶν Εὐαγγελίων ῥητά. Kinnamos 176.19-177.12
τὸν εὐαγγελικὸν ἀναβαίνων ἀκρίβαντα. Niketas Choniates, Historia 211.93
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Ho tou Thessalonikes
ὁ τοῦ Θεσσαλονίκης. Niketas Choniates, Historia 211.92
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