The suffering of a magistros had made an impact on the emperor; Psellos advised it was best to stop the pressure
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1060
Summary:
Psellos took the letters of a magistros, with their evident suffering, to the emperor, who grieved for what he had himself caused, calling out "Oh! Michael" (cf. his previous letter). This was a sign to press him no more, and not to come in person
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain)
magistros, correspondent of Michael Psellos (
Anonymus 2213
)
His letters, with their evident suffering, were taken to the emperor, who grieved for what he had himself caused, calling Oh! Michael (with words in his previous letter); this, said Psellos, was a sign to press no more, and not to come in person (:)
ὁ κὺρ Μιχαήλ μου Psellos Letters (Sathas) 97.341
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He took the letters of
Anonymus 2213
, with their evident suffering, to the emperor, who grieved for what he had himself caused, calling Oh! Michael, (cf. his previous letter); this was a sign to press no more, and not to come in person (:)
ὁ κὺρ Μιχαήλ μου Psellos Letters (Sathas) 97.341
He took the letters of
Anonymus 2213
to the emperor, who would probably soon relent
Psellos Letters (Sathas) 97.341