Psellos announced to Konstantinos, nephew of Keroularios (and to Ioannes the kaisar) the arrival of the monk Elias Krystalas. Elias had an ideal balance between Muses (serious) and Graces (pleasurable), between the intellectual and the practical. He was a serious musician but also a wit and mimic, having just copied something for Psellos quickly in a good hand, played some music, then put on various costumes. He would also bathe you, make the bed and tend horses. The letter announced this man, who would change at his hostÂ’s will. Elias was listening as Psellos dictated, so the letter was rather indirect