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Demetrius Chrysoloras
XIV/XV Centuries
Scholar, government official, and diplomat; opponent of the
Unia. He wrote a "Mirror for Princes", a satirical "Encomium
to a Flea", and other works.
Under construction --- far from complete! Read with caution.
- ABOUT:
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, p. 454
- WORKS:
- Letters:
- Epistulæ 100 ad imp. Manuelem II:
TLG 3526:001.
- Comparatio veterum imperatorum
et nunc imperatoris Manuelis Paleologi
(Comparison of the Old Emperors to the
New Emperor Manuel II).
TLG 3526:002.
- Ad Deiparum
(To the Theotokos).
TLG 3526:008.
Thanksgiving oration on the anniversary
of the Battle of Ancyra, 1403.
- Encomium pulicis
(To a Flea).
TLG 3526:003.
- Fg. in analectis de oleo S. Demetrii.
PG 116:1422.
2007/05
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