Exchange of letters between Ioannes Mauropous as teacher & Michael Psellos as pupil

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