Psellos informed Ioannes the kaisar over a robbery which cost him 300 nomismata saved for buying an estate

Summary:
Aesop's camel wanted beautiful horns, but Zeus made it ugly by taking its ears. A robber got through locked doors like Christ and stole from Psellos 300 nomismata saved to buy an estate. Ioannes should not cheer at Psellos' escape from a golden chain, as he was a willing slave to money and his stomach ached. He grieved that he had to suspect servants and treat them differently from before. Ioannes should enjoy the innate goodness of Konstantinos X, and the letter 
Dates:
1062 (Uncertain) 
Ioannes Doukas, kaisar (Ioannes 62)
  • He received a letter from Michael 61 about a robbery which cost him 300 nomismata saved to buy an estate; he should not cheer at PsellosÂ’ escape from a golden chain (he was a willing slave to money), but enjoy Konstantinos 10, and the letter (:) Psellos Letters (Gautier) 13.1-61
Emperor Konstantinos X Doukas (Konstantinos 10)
  • Ioannes was told by Michael 61 to enjoy his inborn goodness as emperor (:) Psellos Letters (Gautier) 13.55-61
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • AesopÂ’s camel wanted beautiful horns, but Zeus made it ugly by taking its ears; a robber got through locked doors like Christ and stole from Psellos 300 nomismata saved to buy an estate (:) Psellos Letters (Gautier) 13.1-30
  • Ioannes 62 should not cheer at his escape from a golden chain, as he was a willing slave to money and his stomach ached; he grieved that he had to suspect servants and treat them differently; Ioannes should enjoy Konstantinos 10, and the letter (:) Psellos Letters (Gautier) 13.31-61
  • He wrote to Ioannes 62 about a robbery in which he lost 300 nomismata saved to buy an estate Psellos Letters (Gautier) 13.1-61