Monk from St Saba (Jerusalem) satirised Psellos (& others): Psellos replied with Oratoria Minora 21

Summary:
Sabbaites (presumably a monk from St Saba in Jerusalem) circulated a four-line poem satirising Psellos' brief stay on Olympos, where (the poem said) he could not live without females. Psellos responded to this brief libel (and other writings now lost) with 321 lines, full of aggressive vocatives. The same situation also appears in a letter. Psellos claimed that Sabbaites' insults affected his son-in-law the krites of Armeniakon (especially), as well as the metropolitan of Amaseia, Isaakios I and God himself. Psellos had been first to respond to him in a way which would clip his wings. These blasphemies would now be stopped by Konstantinos Leichoudes, a splendid churchman whom Isaakios I had appointed as patriarch 
Dates:
1059 
Sabbaites, author of an epigram (Anonymus 2133)
  • His brief poem provoked a long reply from Michael 61; he is accused of attacking (in other works), as well as Michael himself (248), a metropolitan and a judge (279) Isaakios 1 (14-15, 64) and God himself (12) (:) Τοῦ Ψελλοῦ πρὸς τὸν Σαββαΐτην Psellos Poema 21.1-321
  • He had insulted (according to Michael 61) Anonymus 2173 (especially), Anonymus 2172, Michael 61, Isaakios 1 and God himself; Psellos had been first to respond to him in a way which would clip his wings (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 35.269
  • His blasphemous insults would be stopped by Konstantinos 13, a splendid churchman whom Isaakios 1 had appointed to the patrarchate (:) Psellos Poema 21.76-83
metropolitan of Amaseia (Anonymus 2172)
krites of Armeniakon (Anonymus 2173)
  • He had been specially insulted by Anonymus 2133, as had Anonymus 2172, Michael 61, Isaakios 1 and God himself; Psellos had been first to respond to Sabbaïtes in a way which would clip his wings (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 35.269-270
Emperor Isaakios I Komnenos (Isaakios 1)
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He claimed that Anonymus 2173 (especially), Anonymus 2172, Michael 61, Isaakios 1 and God himself were all insulted by Anonymus 2133; Psellos had been first to respond to him in a way which would clip his wings (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 35.269
  • He wrote complaining that the great Anonymus 2172 had not reported on Anonymus 2173, whom he called his own son and the metropolitan's most authentic nephew; Psellos did not think it would be necessary to punish him, as he was well trained (:) ὁ ἐμὸς μὲν υἱός, σὸς δὲ γνησιώτατος ἀνεψιός Psellos Letters (Sathas) 35.269-270
  • He responded to the brief libel of Anonymus 2133 (and other lost writings) with 321 lines, full of aggressive vocatives Psellos Poema 21.1-321