Tzetzes wrote to Konstantinos Kotertzes, thanking him for a honey cake
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1143-1160)
1148
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