Tzetzes wrote to a bishop over the wrong attribution of a work of his

Summary:
A bishop had sent Tzetzes his blessing, but in a letter attributing one of Ioannes' works to a certain Leon. Ioannes' reply thanked him for the blessing, with the playful suggestion that the work be reattributed from the wild (Leon) to the gracious (Ioannes) 
Dates:
1139 
bishop, correspondent of Tzetzes (Anonymus 750)
  • He had sent Ioannes 459 his blessing but in a letter attributing a work of Ioannes to Leon 210; Ioannes' reply thanked him with the playful suggestion that the work be reattributed from the wild (Leon) to the gracious (Ioannes) (:) Tzetzes, Letters 29.20-31.4
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • He wrote to Anonymus 750 with thanks for his blessing, but saying that a work the latter had attributed to Leon 210 was in fact one of his own; he playfully suggested reattribution from the wild (Leon) to the gracious (Ioannes) (:) Tzetzes, Letters 29.20-31.4
Leon, to whom a work of Tzetzes was attibuted (Leon 210)
  • A work of Ioannes 459 was attributed to Leon in a letter from Anonymus 750 to Ioannes himself; the latter replied playfully, suggesting reattribution from the wild (Leon) to the gracious (Ioannes) (:) Tzetzes, Letters 29.20-31.4