Thomas the eunuch M XII
Θωμᾶς (Thomas 17004)
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Narrative
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Description
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Born in Lesbos of an undistinguished family, had no profession and so he had gone to Constantinople and had become a bloodletter (the most menial of trades), by his skill reaching a high place at court and amassing a fortune
εἰς τοὔσχατον βαναυσίας. Kinnamos 296.24-297.7
Very high in the favour of
Manuel 1
εὐνούστατος βασιλεῖ τηνικάδε ἐτύγχανεν ὤν. Kinnamos 269.7-8
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Location
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Constantinople
to find a job as a blood-letter went to Constantinople Βυζάντιον. Kinnamos 297.1-3
Constantinople: Great Palace, Elephantine
was imprisoned and died in the Palace, Elephantine prison ἐν παλατίῳ φρουρὰν ... ἣν ᾿Ελεφαντίνην ἔθος καλεῖν ἐστιν. Kinnamos 297.10-12
Mitylene
was born in Mitylene Λέσβου. Kinnamos 296.24
Palestine
spent an unsuccessful period in Palestine Παλαιστίνην. Kinnamos 297.7-10
Occupation/Vocation
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Blood-letter
φλέβας ἀνθρώπων τέμνοντι ἐντεῦθεν ἑαυτῷ τὸ ζῆν περιποιεῖσθαι. Kinnamos 297.2-3
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Religion
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Eunuchs
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Eunuch
ἐκτομίαν. Kinnamos 269.7
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