Ioannes, logothetes under Konstantinos IX M XI
ὁ λογοθέτης Ἰωάννης (Ioannes 115)
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Narrative (12) Description (7) Utterly incapacitated for every activity πρὸς πᾶσαν πρᾶξιν πεπηρωμένον παντάπασιν. Psellos: Chronographia VI 177.9-10 ConstableLConstableeConstableaConstabledConstableeConstablerConstable ConstableoConstablefConstable ConstabletConstablehConstableeConstable ConstablesConstableeConstablenConstableaConstabletConstableoConstablerConstablesConstable τῶν τῆς βουλῆς πάντων κορυφαιότατον. Zonaras 17.28.12 Leader of the senate τὰ πρῶτα τῆς γερουσίας. Psellos: Chronographia VI 177.9 Among the most prominent courtiers in the palace οἱ τὰ πρῶτα ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις φέροντες. Skylitzes 477.81-82 Chief co-power with Konstantinos 9 , a castrated manikin, undistinguished or most ignoble by birth and by nature unsuited for participation in government τὰ πρῶτα ὁ λογοθέτης ἦν Ἰωάννης, ἐκτετμημένον ἀνδράριον, ἄσημον μὲν ἐκ γένους ἢ δυσγενέστατον, πρὸς δὲ πραγμά´των μεταχείρισιν ἀφυέστατον. Zonaras 17.28.11 Outcast τοῦ καθάρματος. Psellos: Chronographia VI 177.6-7 A lad, very simple and foolish, who a year before had not touched pen and ink and was promoted from the gutters and street-corners to the axis of Roman power μειράκιον ἀφελέστατον καὶ ἀνοητότατον, πέρυσιν οὔπω καλαμίδος ἡμμένον καὶ μέλανος, ἐκ τῶν βαράθρων καὶ τῶν τριόδων εἰς τὸν ῾Ρωμαϊκὸν ἀναβεβηκὸς ἄξονα. Psellos: Chronographia VI 177.3-6 Dignity/Office (5) Education (1) Eunuchs (1) Uncertain Ident (1)