NOTED GREEKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
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Aëtios of Amida (6th century)
Physician from Amida,
Agapetos (6th century)-
Political scientist and scholar from
Agathias (c.536-c.582)
Historian,
poet, and scholar from Myrina,
His tastes, however, were
literary, and he soon collected the Cycle, nine books of romantic poetry,
epigrams and sonnets, some of which contained a few of his own compositions.
One book, called Daphniaka, contains a number of short love poems in
epic meter. Another book is an anthology of epigrams by earlier and
contemporary poets, and his own. He is the last in
whom we can yet trace some sparks of the poetic fire of the classic
epigrammatists. 101 of his epigrams are preserved in the Greek Anthology. Agathias also wrote
marginal notes to the Traveler of Pausanias.
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About the Book
The Byzantine Greeks continued the spectacular ancient Greek civilization for another thousand years. Like their forefathers, they were involved in every art and science. Approximately 250 key personalities contributed greatly to Byzantine culture. This book describes the known work of these medieval personalities.
There are various books that give the lives of the more famous of these medieval Greeks. There are a number of biographical dictionaries that give one-line descriptions of more of these medieval personalities. This book, though, is an attempt to describe the major points about all Medieval Greek personalities of which anything is known. It is a handy encyclopedia in which one can quickly find the salient features of any Medieval Greek personality.
Each article in this book has the
following order: the personality’s name
is stated, this is followed by his birth and death years or whatever of these
can be approximated. The first sentence
of the text gives the areas in which the personality was active and his
birthplace if known. This is followed by
a description of whatever is known about the character and life of the
personality. The article concludes with
the material or intellectual accomplishments of the personality.
About the Author
John Antonakos
is a retired electrical engineer who holds degrees in physics and electrical
engineering. He was employed as an
electrical engineer for over forty years, thirty-two of which were with the
United States Army at
He has always been interested in history, biography, linguistics and ethnography, and has read widely in these fields. Being of Greek background, he is especially interested in exploring his roots.
In connection with these
interests, in addition to this book, Noted
Greeks of the Middle Ages, he has written or is writing books on the
following Greek subjects: a compendium
on the Greek language, a history of the Mani District
of Greece, the experiences of his wife Eva during World War II, and the
biographies of the noted Greeks of antiquity.