Tzetzes wrote three times with advice to Ioannes Triphyles in Thessalonike

Summary:
Tzetzes wrote three letters to Ioannes Tripyles, who had gone to live and work in Thessalonike, and was having difficulty in adapting to his new surroundings and a demanding job. The first letter addressed him with Homeric quotations, and advised him to exploit the situation to his advantage rather than feeling trapped by it. The second thanked Triphyles for sending his charming father to the capital with a book, and asked him to greet for him some common friends in Thessalonike: Theodoros, Eustratios and the nephew of Konstantinos, metropolitan of Thessalonike. The third letter merely encouraged Triphyles to write to him 
Dates:
1147: 
father of Ioannes Triphyles (Anonymus 997)
  • He was sent by Ioannes 509 from Thessalonike to Ioannes 459 in the capital, bringing a letter and a book (:) Tzetzes, Letters 91.4-7
nephew of Konstantinos, metropolitan of Thessalonike (Anonymus 998)
  • Ioannes 459 asked to be remembered to him in a letter to Ioannes 509 in Thessalonike (:) Tzetzes, Letters 92.6
Eustratios, acquaintance (ex-student?) of Tzetzes living in Thessalonike (Eustratios 115)
  • Ioannes 459 asked to be remembered to him in a letter to Ioannes 509 in Thessalonike (:) Tzetzes, Letters 92.1
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • He wrote to Ioannes 509, who had moved from the capital to Thessalonike and was having difficulty settling there into a demanding occupation; he addressed him with Homeric quotations, and advised him to exploit the situation to his advantage rather than feeling trapped by it (:) Tzetzes, Letters 88.25-90.20
  • In a second letter, he thanked Ioannes 509 for sending him from Thessalonike Anonymus 997, a charming man who brought the letter and a book; he asked to be remembered to Theodoros 252, Eustratios 115 and Anonymus 998; the third letter was a request for Triphyles to write to him (:) Tzetzes, Letters 90.23-93.8
Ioannes Triphyles, correspondent of Tzetzes (Ioannes 509)
  • He had moved from the capital to Thessalonike and was having difficulty settling there into a demanding occupation; Ioannes 459 wrote, addressing him with Homeric quotations, and advising him to exploit the situation to his advantage rather than feeling trapped by it (:) Tzetzes, Letters 88.25-90.20
  • He received a second letter from Ioannes 459, thanking him for sending from Thessalonike Anonymus 997, a charming man who brought the letter and a book; he was asked to greet Theodoros 252, Eustratios 115 and Anonymus 998; a third letter asked Triphyles to write to Tzetzes (:) Tzetzes, Letters 90.23-93.8
Theodoros, friend of Tzetzes referred to as kyrios Theodoros (Theodoros 252)
  • Ioannes 459 asked to be remembered to him in a letter to Ioannes 509 in Thessalonike (:) Tzetzes, Letters 91.24