Michael Glykas
Michael Glykas or Glycas ( Greek Μιχαὴλ Γλυκᾶς; * in the 12th century on Corfu ; † around 1204 ) was a Byzantine historian , theologian , mathematician , astronomer and poet . He probably comes from Corfu and lived in Constantinople .
His main work is a world chronicle (Βἱβλος χρονικἡ), which reaches from Adam to the death of Alexios I in 1118. It is very short and written in the popular science style, with theological and scientific subjects taking up a lot of space, for which he mainly used the Physiologus . The historiographical templates for Glykas were the chronicles of Georgios Monachos , Skylitzes , Zonaras and Konstantin Manasses . In 1572 a Latin translation on the basis of manuscripts, obtained by Leunclavius , appeared, as there was as yet no printed Greek text. Glykas was also the author of a theological treatise and a number of letters on theological issues.
A 15-syllable verse poem that he wrote in 1158/1159, while he was in custody for defamation of a neighbor, as a petition for pardon to Manuel I , is extraordinary and is considered the first datable work in modern Greek literature because it contains several slang proverbs. The exact extent of his crime is unknown, but it is known that he was blinded as a punishment.
literature
- Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 3: Faber Felix - Juwayni, Al- . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2012, ISBN 978-2-503-53243-1 , pp. 132-133.
- Peter Schreiner : Glykas Sikidites, Michael . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 1519.
- Johannes Karayannopulos, Günter Weiß: Source studies on the history of Byzantium (324 - 1453) , Wiesbaden 1982, p. 433 No. 384 ISBN 3-447-02244-2
- Karl Krumbacher , Michael Glykas: A sketch of his biography and his literary activity together with an unedited poem and letters of the same in session reports of the philosophical-philological and the historical class of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1894 issue 3) p. 391-460
- Hugh Chisholm , ed. (1911): Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition). Cambridge University Press.
Web links
- Documenta Catholica Omnia (Latin)
- Publications on Michael <Glycas> (+ 1204c) in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
- Publications on Glykas in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
- Publications on Glica in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
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SURNAME | Michael Glykas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michael Glycis; Michaēl ho Glykas; Michael Siculus; Michael Sikidites |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer and poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Corfu |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1204 |