A poor man's progress via favours might stop as life became volatile; Psellos asked a krites for one more favour to secure the future

Summary:
Psellos asked many favours for a poor man and freed him from severe burdens. But he needed another favour for him not to slip backwards as life became volatile. The krites as Herakles must cauterise the remaining misfortune, to stop it regrowing 
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain) 
poor man helped by Michael Psellos (Anonymus 2329)
  • There was a danger that progress owed to previous favours would disappear as his life became volatile; Michael 61 asked for one more favour, that Anonymus 2330 as Herakles cauterise the remaining misfortune, to stop it regrowing (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 201.494-495
krites, correspondent of Michael Psellos (Anonymus 2330)
  • He was asked yet another favour by Michael 61 for Anonymus 2329, so that recent improvements should not disappear as his life became volatile; the krites as Herakles must cauterise the remaining misfortune, to stop it regrowing (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 201.494-495
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He asked Anonymus 2330 for another favour for Anonymus 2329 Psellos Letters (Sathas) 201.494-495
  • He asked many favours for Anonymus 2329, freeing him from severe burdens; he needed another favour for him not to deteriorate, as life became volatile; Anonymus 2330 as Herakles must cauterise the remaining misfortune, to stop it regrowing (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 201.494-495