Exchange of letters between Ioannes Mauropous as teacher & Michael Psellos as pupil
Unit appears in:
MICHAEL IV (1034-1041)
1036
Summary:
Ioannes Mauropous wrote to Psellos, referring to a letter of his as a "nightingale in spring". Psellos replied, quoting these words and referring to Mauropous' heavenly detachment (which seems to annoy him), and maybe to Mauropous' becoming a monk
Dates:
1036 (Uncertain)
Ioannes Mauropous, metropolitan of Euchaita (
Ioannes 289
)
He had written to
Michael 61
(Mauropous Ep. 1 [Karpozilos]); Psellos replied, quoting him (Psellos' letter as nightingale in spring) and referring to
Ioannes 289
's heavenly detachment (which seems to annoy him), maybe to his becoming a monk (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 105, 133.10-135.31
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
A long letter of abstraction, quoting Mauropous Ep. 1 (Karpozilos: Psellos' letter is a nightingale in spring); among references to
Ioannes 289
's heavenly detachment, which seems to annoy him, are one or two which may refer to his becoming a monk (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 105, 133.10-135.31