Tzetzes wrote to the sebastokratorissa Eirene, complaining of fraud by plagiarism

Summary:
Ioannes Tzetzes wrote to the sebastokratorissa Eirene complaining that an unnamed man had claimed that Tzetzes' scholia were his, seeking to divert to himself the payment due to the real author. But Eirene realised the deception — and the man himself virtually admitted it 
Dates:
1146: 
unnamed man who fraudulently claimed Tzetzes' scholia (Anonymus 789)
  • He claimed that Ioannes 459's scholia were his, to divert to himself the money due to the real author; but Eirene 20115 realised the deception, and the man all but admitted it himself (:) Tzetzes, Letters 77.19-79.5
Eirene the sebastokratorissa, wife of Andronikos, son of Ioannes II (Eirene 20115)
  • She received a complaint in a letter from Ioannes 459 that Anonymus 789 claimed Tzetzes' scholia as his own, to divert to himself the payment due to the real author; but she realised the deception and the man himself all but admitted it (:) Tzetzes, Letters 77.19-79.5
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • He complained to Eirene 20115 that Anonymus 789 had fraudulently claimed Tzetzes' scholia as his so as to divert to himeself the payment due to the real author; but Eirene realised the deception, and the man himself all but admitted it (:) Tzetzes, Letters 77.19-79.5