Most illustrious, an excellent man in everything, most reasonable, experienced in both military and administrative matters although a eunuch, generous, very clever, and capable of understanding and speaking properly
Exerted great influence over the emperor (Michael 7) and imposed the outcome he wished on any situation, was more endowed with malice than anybody else, and did not refrain from slander if profit was at stake
A skilful and energetic man, endowed with both reason and experience of many affairs, but also dissimulating his thoughts and capable of throwing things into confusion more than Pericles is said to have done in Greece
Nikephoros 62 was elevated by hopes that the senate would receive him (Nikephoros 62) with open arms, as the saying goes, on account of hostility towards him and the simplicity of the emperor (Michael 7)
In addition to all his other vices, he was also extremely greedy, eagerly amassing real estate
περὶ φιλοχρηματίαν δαιμονίως σπουδάζων. Attaleiates: History 201.1-3 / 148.2-3
Another eunuch Nikephoros, who as a young man was taken into the palace by (Konstantinos 9) Monomachos and affectionately called Nikephoritzes on account of his youth, and he kept this as a nickname