Tzetzes wrote to Konstantinos Kotertzes, thanking him for a honey cake

Summary:
Tzetzes had asked Konstantinos Kotertzes for a letter, not a gift; but Konstntinos sent a generous cake on a plate soaked in honey, not a piece of paper marked with ink; the letter which had been requested would have been much sweeter 
Dates:
1148: 
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • He had asked Konstantinos 307 for a letter, not a gift; but Konstntinos sent a generous cake on a plate soaked in honey, not a piece of paper marked with ink; the letter which had been requested would have been much sweeter (:) ἐπιστολὴν ᾐτησάμην, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀποστολήν Tzetzes, Letters 98.2-6
Konstantinos Kotertzes, correspondent of Tzetzes (Konstantinos 307)
  • He had been asked by Ioannes 459 for a letter, not a gift, but he sent a generous cake on a plate soaked in honey, not a piece of paper marked with ink; the letter which had been requested would have been much sweeter (:) ἐπιστολὴν ᾐτησάμην, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀποστολήν Tzetzes, Letters 98.2-6