Psellos, operating by favours as a "ruler of rulers", asked a krites of Aegean Sea to aid a man supported by many other friends

Summary:
Psellos was, he told the krites of Aegean Sea, from the capital, though claimed by many other places, where he got things done as ruler of rulers, by favours, not orders. The current suppliant, supported by many of Psellos's friends, must not be refused a small favour 
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain) 
krites of Aegean Sea (Anonymus 2209)
  • He was given by Michael 61 a picture of how he operated: he he got things done everywhere as ruler of rulers, by favours, not orders; Anonymus 2210, supported by many of Psellos’s friends, must not be refused a small favour (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 95.338-339
suppliant to Psellos (Anonymus 2210)
  • He was recommended to Anonymus 2209 as supported by many of Psellos’s friends, and must not be refused a small favour (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 95.338-339
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He told Anonymus 2209 that he got things done as ruler of rulers, e.g. for Anonymus 2210 ἄρχων ἀρχόντων εἰμί Psellos Letters (Sathas) 95.338-339
  • He was, he told Anonymus 2209, from the capital, though claimed by many other places, where he got things done as ruler of rulers, by favours, not orders; Anonymus 2210, supported by many of Psellos’s friends, must not be refused a small favour (:) ἄρχων ἀρχόντων εἰμί Psellos Letters (Sathas) 95.338-339