Tzetzes demanded the return of papers generously loaned to a grammatikos

Summary:
A grammatikos had borrowed some papers from Tzetzes, but did not return them. He wrote to him, demanding them back: if not (he said) he would have to learn his lesson and be less generous, so that the grammatikos would be responsible for a decrease in the generosity of humanity 
Dates:
1139 
grammatikos, who would not return some papers (Anonymus 751)
  • He had borrowed some papers from Ioannes 459, who demanded their return; if not (he said) he would have to learn his lesson and be less generous; the grammatikos would be responsible for a decrease in the generosity of humanity (:) Tzetzes, Letters 31.5-14
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • He wrote to Anonymus 751, to whom he had generously loaned some papers, demanding their return; if not, he would have to learn his lesson and be less generous; the grammatikos would be responsible for a decrease in the generosity of humanity (:) Tzetzes, Letters 31.5-14