Michael Psellos or Psellus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Ψελλός, romanized: Michaḗl Psellós, Byzantine Greek: [mixaˈil pseˈlːos]) was a Byzantine Greek monk, savant,...
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Michael VII remained in the background, while the initiative to take power was taken by his uncle John Doukas and his tutor Michael Psellos. Michael VII...
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of the 9th and 10th centuries is unclear; the contemporary writers Michael Psellos and Nicholas Kallikles affirm such a relationship, but Zonaras openly...
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remedy this by wholesale surgery. — Michael Psellos, Chronographia, VII.51 The only point of criticism raised by Psellos is his haste and severity, judging...
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windows and doors were barred, and strangled infants. The polymath Michael Psellos of the 11th century inherited the notion that the stryngai and gelloudes...
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advanced on Constantinople. Michael VI attempted to negotiate with the rebels through the famous courtier Michael Psellos, offering to adopt Isaac as...
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century. He was a younger contemporary (possibly even a student) of Michael Psellos and likely an older colleague of John Skylitzes, the two other Byzantine...
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after John introduced him to the reigning Empress Zoë. According to Michael Psellos, the two became lovers and may have plotted to assassinate Zoë's husband...
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74–76. Antifantakis & Moatsou 2006, p. 43. Kindstedt 2012, p. 50. Michael Psellos. "Poem on Medicine", 1:209; Dalby 1996, p. 190. Öncel, Fatma (2020)...
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the 11th century, Michael Psellos wrote his Chronographia with an intent to provide pedagogical models for his student, Emperor Michael VII Doukas, and...
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