Death of Isaakios, brother of Ioannes Tzetzes, on Rhodes

Summary:
Isaakios Tzetzes went on Ioannes II's Syrian expedition to Aleppo, but died on Rhodes on the way back. Ioannes Tzetzes wrote a lament for his brother in iambics, but from excessive emotion it was full of metrical solecisms connected with dichronic vowels, so he cancelled and suppressed it 
Dates:
1138 
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • His brother Isaakios 106 died on Rhodes on his way back from Ioannes 2's Syrian expedition; he wrote a lament in iambics, but from excessive emotion it was full of metrical solecisms, so he cancelled and suppressed it (:) διὰ τὸ καταχρήσεις πολλὰς αὐτὴν ἔχειν τῶν διχρόνων Tzetzes, Letters 19.1-7
Isaakios Tzetzes, brother of Ioannes (Isaakios 106)
  • He went nearly to Aleppo on Ioannes 2's Syrian expedition, but died on Rhodes on the way back (:) Tzetzes, Letters 19.1-7