Ioannes the kaisar asked Psellos medical & theological questions, & how to defend his crops from caterpillars

Summary:
Psellos answered three questions from Ioannes Doukas the kaisar: prosagoge is gradual treatment, e.g. of heat by cold; the diaphragm divides respiratory and alimentary systems; patriarchal matter is so called because of a connection with the Father. In another letter, Psellos recalled that Trajan’s army when attacked by forest animals was saved by magicians. To defend his crops against caterpillars, Psellos told Ioannes, like Proklos, to slit a viper lengthways when Hydros rose and tie it to string around the plants 
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain) 
Ioannes Doukas, kaisar (Ioannes 62)
  • He was told by Michael 61 how to defend his crops against caterpillars: like Proklos, he should slit a viper lengthways when Hydros rose and tie it to string around the plants (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 102, 130.8-131.11
  • He asked three questions, answered by Michael 61: prosagoge is gradual treatment, e.g. of heat by cold; the diaphragm divides respiratory and alimentary systems; patriarchal matter is so called because of a connection with the Father (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 101, 129.3-130.7
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • Trajan’s army when attacked by forest animals was saved by magicians; to defend his crops against caterpillars, Psellos told Ioannes 62, like Proklos, to slit a viper lengthways when Hydros rose and tie it to string around the plants (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 102, 130.8-131.11
  • Psellos answered three questions from Ioannes 62 Psellos Letters (K - D) 101, 129.3-130.7
  • He told Ioannes 62 how to protect his crops from caterpillars Psellos Letters (K - D) 102, 130.8-131.11
  • Psellos answered three questions from Ioannes 62: prosagoge is gradual treatment, e.g. of heat by cold; the diaphragm divides respiratory and alimentary systems; patriarchal matter is so called because of a connection with the Father (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 101, 129.3-130.7