Thomas the eunuch M XII
Θωμᾶς (Thomas 17004)
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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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Eunuchs
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