Psellos wrote to Pothos, asking him to give his friend & neighbour (the letter-carrier) a fair hearing
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1060
Summary:
Psellos wrote to Pothos (?), asking for a sympathetic hearing for his friend & neighbour (the letter-carrier) - if the man asked for something, and if it was Pothos' policy to honour Psellos' friends
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain)
magistros, correspondent of Michael Psellos (
Anonymus 2213
)
Magistros (D)
μαγίστρῳ Psellos Letters (Sathas) 97.341
letter-carrier, neighbour and friend of Michael Psellos (
Anonymus 2539
)
He was
Michael 61
s neighbour and friend, a good man, undemanding and very grateful even for small favours
ἐμός ἐστιν ὁ παρὼν καὶ γείτων καὶ φίλος [...] ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος, μήτε μεγάλα αἰτούμενος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς μικροῖς ἐγνωμονῶν τὰ μέγιστα καὶ εὐχαριστῶν Psellos Letters (K - D) 218, 260.14-22
If he asked
Pothos 102
(?) for anything, and if it was Pothos policy to honour
Michael 61
s friends, he was to receive a sympathetic hearing, according to a letter to Pothos from Psellos (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 218, 260.14-22
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He wrote to
Pothos 102
(?), recommending
Anonymus 2439
Psellos Letters (K - D) 218, 260.14-22
He wrote to
Pothos 102
(?), asking for a sympathetic hearing for
Anonymus 2539
, if he asked for something, and if it was Pothos policy to honour Psellos friends (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 218, 260.14-22
Pothos, vestarches and cousin of Michael Psellos (
Pothos 102
)
If he was the addressee, he was asked by
Michael 61
for a sympathetic hearing for
Anonymus 2539
- if he asked for something, and if it was Pothos' policy to honour Psellos' friends (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 218, 260.14-22