Keroularios sent Psellos an edible snake (?), tasty enough to seduce Adam & Eve

Summary:
Keroularios sent Psellos an edible snake (?), and received in return praise in terms of the Song of Songs for a gift tasty enough to seduce Adam and Eve. While Keroularios wondered if other exotic foods were as good, Psellos for the moment just enjoyed the snake 
Dates:
1047 (Uncertain) 
Michael I Keroularios, patriarch of Constantinople (Michael 11)
  • He sent Michael 61 an edible snake (?), and received praise in terms of the Song of Songs for a gift tasty enough to seduce Adam and Eve; while he wondered if other exotic foods were as good, Psellos just enjoyed the snake (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 164.422
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He received from Michael 11 an edible snake (?), and praised him in terms of the Song of Songs for a gift tasty enough to seduce Adam and Eve; while Keroularios wondered if other exotic foods were as good, Psellos just enjoyed the snake (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 164.422
  • He thanked Michael 11 for an edible snake (?) tasty enough to seduce Adam and Eve τῷ πατριάρχῃ κῦρ Μιχαήλ Psellos Letters (Sathas) 164.422