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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Geor'gius (search)
Geor'gius 4. Praefectus Militarium Tabularum, in the reign of the emperor Theophilus (who reigned from A. D. 829 to 842), mentioned on one or two occasions by the continuator of Theophanes. An Arabian prophetess or fortuneteller, whom the emperor had sent for to court, is said to have foretold that George would be killed by a sling in the Hippodrome, and his property confiscated. (Theoph. Continuat. lib. iii. De Theophilo Michaelis Filio, 100.27; Sym. Mag. De Theophilo, 100.14.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Graptus (search)
gned from A. D. 813 to 820. The accomplishments and boldness of Theodore excited the emperor's admiration, but the pertinacious resistance of the brothers to his proceedings provoked his anger, and they were scourged, and banished from Constantinople. After the murder of Leo V., they were at first allowed by Michael II. the Stammerer (who reigned from A. D. 820 to 829) to return to that city, but were shortly afterwards again banished. Under Theophilus, the son of Michael (who reigned from A. D. 829 to 842), they were still more severely treated. In addition to a third banishment from Constantinople, or rather imprisonment (we do not find when they had returned from their second exile), they had a long inscription of opprobrious iambic verses carved on their faces; the verses are given by the author of the life of Theodore, as well as by the continnator of Theophanes, by Symeon Magister, by George the Monk, and by Cedrenus. From this punishment they received the surname of Grapti (*Gr
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Mi'chael Ii. or Michael Balbus （*Mixah\l o( *Traulo/s), or the "STAMMERER," emperor of Constantinople, A. D. 820-829. This prince was of low origin; he was born at Amorium, and spent his earlier youth as a groom, in different stables of his native town. He afterwards entered the army, and although he was ignorant and illiterate, he met with success in his new profession, owing to his bold character and uncommon impudence. One of his superior officers esteemed him so much that he gave him his daughter Thecla in marriage. Having made the acquaintance of the celebrated Bardanes, he found numerous opportunities of distinguishing himself under the eyes of that eminent general, who accordingly promoted him, and in spite of a defect of his speech, whence his surname o( *Traulos, he became conspicuous as one of the best Greek generals. The emperor Leo V. owed the fortunate issue of his conspiracy against Michael I. in a great measure to the assistance of Michael the Stammerer, and according
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
n he found his friend and leader, Gregory, dead, and attached himself to another leader, John, on whose death he procured that his body and that of Gregory should be transferred to the deserted church of St. John Chrysostom, in connection with which he established a monastery. that was soon, by the attractiveness of his eloquence, filled with inmates. After this he was, for his strenuous defence of image worship, banished to Chersonae, apparently by the emperor Theophilus, who reigned from A. D. 829 to 842 : but, on the death of the emperor, was recalled from exile by the empress Theodora, and obtained, through the favour of the patriarch Ignatius, the office of sceuophylax, or keeper of the sacred vessels in the great church of Constantinople. Joseph was equally acceptable to Ignatius and to his competitor and successor Photius [IGNATIUS, No. 3 ; PHOTIUS, No. 3]. He died at an advanced age, in A. D. 883. The chronology of his life has been much perplexed by the interpolation of the
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Syncellus (search)
tle to his Greek version of a letter of Theodore Abucara (THEODORUS, literary and ecclesiastical, No. 3) we gather that he was Syncellus to Thomas who held the patriarchate of Jerusalem for about twenty years, from A. D. 801, or, according to other accounts, from 807. Michael. however, must have survived both Theodore Studita and the patriarch Thomas, for he suffered a long imprisonment for his defence of image worship in the reign of the iconoclastic emperor Theopilus, which extended from A. D. 829 to 842. (Theophanes Continuat. De Theophilo, 100.15. p. 66, edit. Paris, p. 106, ed. Bonn.; Cedrenus, Compend. p. 522, ed. Paris, vol. ii. p. 117, ed. Bonn.) Baronius places his imprisonment in A. D. 835. These few facts constitute all that is known of the life of Michael. Works His works are, 1. *)Egkw/mion ei)s to\n a(/gion *Dionu/sion, Encomium Dionysii Areopagitae. A passage from this is quoted by Suidas (s. v.). Editions This was first printed in the Latin version of Godefridu
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Theo'philus (search)
Theo'philus （*Qeo/filos), emperor of Constantinople A. D. 829-842, was the son and successor of Michael II. Balbus, with whom he was associated in the government as early as 821 (Eckhel, vol. viii. p. 240.) He was engaged in war with the Saracens during the greater part of his reign, but notwithstanding his valour and energy he was generally unsuccessful against these formidable foes, and hence obtained the surname of the Unfortunate. At the end of his fifth campaign he had the mortification of seeing the city of Amorium in Phrygia, which was the birth-place of his father, and which he and his father had adorned with public buildings, levelled to the ground by the caliph Motassem. Like most of the other Byzantine emperors, Theophilus took part in the religious disputes of his age. He was a zealous iconoclast, and persecuted the worshippers of images with the utmost severity; but notwithstanding his heresy, the ancient writers bestow the highest praise upon his impartial administratio
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Theosterictus (search)
Theosterictus a Greek monk in Bithynia, lived in the reigns of Michael II. Balbus (A. D. 820-829) and of his son Theophilus (A. D. 829-842). Works Life of Nicetas the Confessor He wrote the life of his master Nicetas the Confessor. Editions This is published by Surius, vol. ii. d. 3. April. Further Information Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 343, ed. Westermann; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. xi. p. 719.