Ophrydas launched an attack on Ioannes Xiphilinos as nomophylax; Xiphilinos took it to heart

Summary:
An anonymous man (probably Ophrydas) made a jealous and cowardly attack on Psellos and Ioannes Xiphilinos (name of attacker and details of attack suppressed). Psellos disregarded it, but Ioannes took it to heart, claiming that Konstantinos IX gave it too much credence. This blow added to Ioannes' motivation for tonsure 
Dates:
1047 
opponent of Michael Psellos and Ioannes Xiphilinos (Anonymus 2103)
  • An anonymus man made a jealous and cowardly attack on Michael 61 and Ioannes 18 (name and details suppressed); Michael disregarded it, Ioannes took it to heart, claiming that Konstantinos 9 gave it too much credence (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421
Ophrydas, jurist (Anonymus 2110)
  • He had published a violent and illiterate libel against the newly-appointed nomophylax (Ioannes 18 - unnamed), accusing him of being incompetent and too young; after a time, a reply was written by Michael 61 Psellos Against Ophrydas 1-505
Eustathios Romaios (Eustathios 61)
  • He may lurk behind the elderly nonentity Ophrydas as composer of the attack on Ioannes 18 - a man of greater education and knowledge of the law [? but he is unlikely to have lived so long] ἄλλον δέ τινα καὶ λόγου μετέχοντα καὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἀντεχόμενον καὶ τὸν προστησόμενον ἱκανῶς εἰδότα τῶν νόμων Psellos Against Ophrydas 35-42
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • He was accused by Ioannes 19 of giving too much credence to a jealous and cowardly attack (name of attacker and details suppressed) on Ioannes and Michael 61; Ioannes took it to heart, while Michael disregarded it (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He and Ioannes 18 made a vague plan to enter a monastery, and were later attacked in a jealous and cowardly way (name of attacker and details suppressed); he disregarded this libel (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421