Konstantinos Manasses, man of letters M / L XI
Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ Μανασσῆ (Konstantinos 302)
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He divided his chronicle in half at the capture of Rome in 476; the second half will reach its climax in the reign of
Manuel 1
; Konstantinos addressed him, as ushering in a kind of golden age
Manasses, Chronicle 2506-2512
He preferred to believe that
Konstantinos 9
was exiled for illegitimate sexual intercourse with
Zoe 1
than for aiming directly at the throne
ὡς ἄλλοι δέ τινές φασιν, οἷς ἀψευδὴς ἡ γλῶσσα, ὡς συμφθαρεὶς ἐρωτικῶς Ζωῇ τῇ βασιλίσσῃ. Manasses, Chronicle 6145-6146
In a dedication in hexameters, he asked
Eirene 20115
to receive a gift (the Chronicle), on which he had laboured
δῶρον ἀφ᾽ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο. Manasses, Chronicle: Dedication tit, 1
The labour of producing the Synopsis Chronike, a straightforward outline of history in a simple form, was considerable and unattractive; however the work was sweetened by frequent and generous payment
τὸν τοῦ κόπου καύσωνα καὶ τῆς ταλαιπωρίας αἱ δωρεαὶ δροσίζουσι κενούμεναι συχνάκις. Manasses, Chronicle 8-17
The story ends at the deposition of
Nikephoros 3
, because the great deeds of the heroic, noble, brave, great-hearted and generous Komnenian emperors are too many to be described - even more than those of the great Hercules
... εἰς σιωπῆς ὅρμον ὁ λόγος στήτω∙ πελάγους γὰρ Ἀτλαντικοῦ χύσις ἀνέρρωγέ μοι, ἀριστουργήματα λαμπρὰ γενναίων βασιλέων ..., ὧν οὐδὲ γλώσσῃ δυνατὸν τοὺς βίους διαπλεῦσαι ... καὶ τοίνυν ἀναψώμεθα κάλων πρυμνήτην ὧδε .... Manasses, Chronicle 6609-6620
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Manasses
Μανασσῆ. Manasses, Chronicle tit
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