Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters E / L XII
Ἰωάννου τοῦ Τζέτζου (Ioannes 459)
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- Like lions, he refused to eat dead meat, and had a generally healthy lifestyle
- οὐδὲ ... τοῖς ὀδωδόσι σαρκίοις ἐκτρέφομαι. Tzetzes, Letters 7.14-8.9
- He professed total ignorance of public affairs, like the name of a theme run by a particular sebastos
- τοσοῦτο γὰρ ἔμοιγε δημοσίων πραγμάτων μέλησις, ὁπόσον κολοιοῖς βασιλείας .... Tzetzes, Letters 67.21-68.4
- He regarded himself as of respectable descent and character
- ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ κατηγμένους τοῦ γένους καὶ οἷοι τυγχάνομεν ὄντας. Tzetzes, Letters 8.19-20
- He had vegetarian tendencies, and far preferred letters to partridges
- ἐσμὲν ἡμεῖς οὐ βοροὶ οὐδὲ βρωμάτων χαίρομεν δεξιώσεσιν. Tzetzes, Letters 69.2-7
- He was a citizen of Constantinople, and found it hard to imagine circumstances under which he would leave
- ἐσχάτης ἀτοπίας ἐστί. Tzetzes, Letters 35.12-25
- He thought of himself as an independent teacher and scholar (despite job offers)
- μετ᾽ ἀπράγμονος βιοτῆς. Tzetzes, Letters 35.25-37.5