Tzetes unwillingly wrote a letter in high Attic for a friend

Summary:
A friend of Tzetzes asked him to write for him an application in high Attic. Tzetzes attacked this genre of writing, as being for those with nothing better to do; but out of friendship he wrote a text to which his friend could add content in an introduction 
Dates:
1143 (Uncertain) 
friend of Tzetzes who asked for a composition in high Attic (Anonymus 768)
  • He asked Ioannes 459 for help with an application in high Attic; Tzetzes attacked the genre, as being for those with nothing better to do, but out of friendship wrote a text to which content could be added in an introduction (:) Tzetzes, Letters 50.13-51.3
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • When he was asked by Anonymus 768 for help with an application in high Attic, he attacked the genre, as being for those with nothing better to do; out of friendship he wrote a text to which content could be added in an introduction (:) Tzetzes, Letters 50.13-51.3