Pothos was told that villagers were diverting water from the mills of the Acheiropoietos to their own; he should restore it

Summary:
Pothos, son of the droungarios, was told by Psellos that the people of Mamytze were injuring the Acheiropoietos monastery by diverting water from the three mills owned in the village by its Strobilos estate to their one mill. He was asked to restore the water and punish the wrongdoers 
Dates:
1061 (Uncertain) 
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • The people of Mamytze (he told Pothos 102) were injuring the Acheiropoietos monastery, whose Strobilos estate in the village had three mills working all year with plenty of water, while he villagers had one mill working only in the winter (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 251, 299.18-300.4
  • Since the people of Mamytze were trying on some pretext to divert water from the three mills to the one, he asked Pothos 102 to restore the water and punish the wrongdoers (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 251, 300.4-15
  • He wrote to Pothos 102 about water diverted from watermills Psellos Letters (K - D) 251, 299.18-300.15
Pothos, vestarches and cousin of Michael Psellos (Pothos 102)
  • He was told by Michael 61 that the people of Mamytze were injuring the Acheiropoietos monastery by diverting water from the three mills it owned in the village to their one mill; he was asked to restore the water and punish the wrongdoers (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 251, 299.18-300.15