Psellos wrote to Leontios the patrikios over advice sent him from Leontios via Anastasios Lizix about writing to Leon Paraspondylos. Psellos did write, and Lizix was sent back to Leontios with a model follow-up letter for him to dispatch to Leon. Psellos said he had written to Leon in a middle style, which he knew would succeed, though not at first: Leon had charmed Theodora (?) and her circle, but Psellos had no time for rejoicing (?). The letter Psellos sent has also survived. It flattered Leon, claiming the same relation to him as Leon had to God; it recalled past friendship, asked Leon to decide between the earthly and the heavenly, and requested a personal interview for himself and Lizix, at which their problems would be solved