Petros (Peter) Deljan, Bulgarian rebel E / M XI
Δελιάνος (Petros 102)
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Narrative (37) Description (12) Toparches of the Bulgarians τοπάρχης δὲ ἦν οὗτος Βουλγάρων. Kekaumenos 110.19-20 His name was Dolianos [= treacherous]; Michael 61 does not know whether he inherited this name from his father or bestowed it on himself Δολιάνος τὸ ὄνομα, οὐκ οἶδα εἴτε πατρόθεν τῆς τοιαύτης προσηγορίας κληρονομήσας εἴθ’ ἑαυτῷ τὴν κλῆσιν ἐπιφημίσας. Psellos: Chronographia IV 40.5-7 Of undistinguished family, ..., but full of trickery and cleverness ἄσημος μὲν τὸ γένος, ... δόλου δὲ μεστὸς καὶ δεινότητος. Zonaras 17.17.3 He seemed to the Bulgarians to be a wonder sprung from their race; his family did not merit so much as a mention, but he was mentally resourceful and most skilled in acting villainously towards his compatriots τέρας τι, ὡς ἐκείνοις ἐδόκει, τοῦ γένους αὐτῶν ἀποφύεται· ἀνὴρ τὸ μὲν γένος οὐδ’ ὅσον ἀξιοῦσθαι μνήμης, ποικίλος δὲ τὴν γνώμην καὶ καταπανουργεύσασθαι τοὺς ὁμοφύλους δεινότατος. Psellos: Chronographia IV 40.2-5 The bastard Bulgarian leader, his nose mutilated and deprived of his eyes αὐτὸν δὴ τὸν νόθον ἐκείνοις ἀρχηγὸν τήν τε ῥῖνα διαλελωβημένον καὶ ἀπεστερημένον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν. Psellos: Chronographia IV 49.22-3 Revolting in appearance and of obscure birth, but gaining a hint of nobility by claiming a connection with a Bukgarian tsar καί τινα αὐτῷ ἐπιφημίσας εὐγένειαν. Psellos Orationes panegyricae II, 338-340 Persuaded the (Bulgarian) nation that he was son of Tsar Aaron, born to him by a concubine, but not from a legitimate marraige ἐξ ἡμιγάμου γενόμενος, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐξ ἐννόμου εὐνῆς. Zonaras 17.17.3 His eyes were mutilated πεπηρωμένον τὰ ὄμματα. Zonaras 17.17.37 Was the servant of a Constantinopolitan man (Anonymus 171 ) δοῦλος Βυζαντίου τινὸς ἀνδρός. Skylitzes 409.90 One of those who readily stirred up the Bulgarians' boldness [unnamed] τις τῶν ἐξ ἑτοίμου παρακινούντων τὸ ἐκείνων θράσος. Psellos: Chronographia IV 39.9-10 The bastard and fake τὸν νόθον καὶ πεπλασμένον. Psellos: Chronographia IV 46.8; cf. 47.15 The doubtful (son of Tsar Aaron) τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου. Psellos: Chronographia IV 48.1-4 Dignity/Office (5) Ethnic label (2) Second Name (2) Kinship (2) son of Anonyma 115 (τεχθέντα). Skylitzes 409.95 son of Radomir 101 υἱὸν ἑαυτὸν ἐφήμιζε. Skylitzes 409.93 Location (20) Alternative Name (2)