Psellos sent the krites of Optimaton a man who needed help, & Basileios Melissenos, suffering a disastrous tax-audit

Summary:
Psellos bore witness that an inhabitant of Optimaton had been badly slandered, having himself saved him from catastrophe; the man escaped home and approached the krites of Optimaton, who could save him. Psellos urged the krites to do so, for he promised a life above slander. He also spoke of his acquaintance Basileios Melissenos, a fine man with barely enough income to survive, who had later suffered an unbearable tax audit (?). Nothing was impossible for the krites: Basileios should be released from the burden 
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain) 
krites of Optimaton (Anonymus 2187)
  • He received a letter from Michael 61 on Basileios 2102, a fine man with barely enough income to survive; he later suffered an unbearable tax audit (?); nothing was impossible for the krites: Basileios should be released from the burden (:) συγκωμή Psellos Letters (Sathas) 75.309-310
  • He received a letter of recommendation for Anonymus 2188 from Michael 61, who had himself saved him from catastrophe; the man escaped home and approached the krites, whom Psellos urged to save him, for he promised a life above slander (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 55.287
inhabitant of Optimaton, victim of slander (Anonymus 2188)
  • He was recommended in a letter from Michael 61, who had himself saved him from catastrophe, to Anonymus 2187; he escaped home and approached the krites, whom Psellos urged to save him, for he promised a life above slander (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 55.287
Basileios Melissenos, acquaintance of Michael Psellos (Basileios 2102)
  • He was a fine man with barely enough income to survive; he later suffered a tax audit (?), which he could not endure; Michael 61 wrote about him to Anonymus 2187, for whom nothing was impossible: Basileios should be released from the burden (:) συγκωμή Psellos Letters (Sathas) 75.309-310
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He bore witness that Anonymus 2188 was badly slandered, having himself saved him from catastrophe; the man escaped home and approached Anonymus 2187, who could save him; Psellos urged the krites to do so, for he promised a life above slander (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 55.287
  • He wrote to Anonymus 2187 about Basileios 2102, a fine man with barely enough income to survive; he later suffered a tax audit (?), which he could not endure; nothing was impossible for the krites: Basileios should be released from the burden (:) συγκωμή Psellos Letters (Sathas) 75.309-310
  • He wrote about Anonymus 2188 to Anonymus 2187 Psellos Letters (Sathas) 55.287
  • He wrote to Anonymus 2187 about Basileios 2102 Psellos Letters (Sathas) 75.309-310