Theodosios Kyprios
Theodosios Kyprios ( Middle Greek Θεοδόσιος ὁ Κύπριος ; † after 1414) was an alleged conspirator against the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos .
Life
Theodosios Kyprios was one of the leading men at the imperial court of Constantinople around 1414 . In his satire "Journeys to Hades " , coined for the court of Manuel II , the late Byzantine writer Mazaris subordinates Theodosius - whom he uses the nickname Κόπριος ("stinker"), a pun with his real nickname - ambitions for the throne: " Even in his dreams he wears the white imperial robes ”( “ τοῦ καὶ ἑν ὔπνοις λευκὴν ἡμφιεσμένου ἑσθῆτα βασιλικἠν ” ). Whether this allegation had a real basis cannot be inferred from contemporary sources. In research it is assumed that Mazaris satirically exaggerated his description of the Byzantine court intrigues , but not invented.
Theodosios Kyprios had at least one daughter, since he is mentioned as the father-in-law of Michael in 1453 in connection with the siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans .
swell
- Mazaris 146 (ed. Leendert G. Westerink et al., 1975)
- Pseudo-Sphrantzes, Chronicon Maius 4, 2 (ed.Immanuel Bekker , CSHB Vol. 33, 1838)
- Georgios Sphrantzes , Memorii 106 (ed.Vasile Grecu, 1966)
literature
- Franz Dölger : Regest of the imperial documents of the Eastern Roman Empire from 565-1453. Part 5: Regesten from 1341–1453 (= corpus of Greek documents from the Middle Ages and modern times. Row A: Regesten. Dept. 1, Part 5). CH Beck, Munich 1965, No. 3545.
- Klaus-Peter Matschke: The Battle of Ankara and the Fate of Byzantium. Studies on late Byzantine history between 1402 and 1422 (= research on medieval history. Vol. 29). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1981, ISBN 3-7400-0103-8 , p. 259.
- Mazaris' Journey to Hades: or, Interviews with dead men about certain officials of the imperial court. Greek text with translation, notes, introduction and index by Seminar Classics 609 (= Arethusa Monographs. Vol. 5). Department of Classics, State University of New York, Buffalo NY 1975, p. 110.
- Marios Philippides, Walter K. Hanak: The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453: Historiography, Topography, and Military Studies. Ashgate, Farnham 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-1064-5 , pp. 371-372.
- Ida Toth: Rhetorical Theatron in Late Byzantium. The Example of Palaiologian Imperial Orations. In: Michael Grünbart (Ed.): Theatron. Rhetorical culture in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (= Millennium Studies. Vol. 13). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-092386-5 , pp. 429-448.
- Erich Trapp , Hans-Veit Beyer, Katja Sturm-Schnabl : Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit . 6. Fascicle: Κομονηός - [Λω] χω [μαλ] άτης (= publications of the Commission for Byzantine Studies . Vol. 1/6). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0567-3 , p. 87 No. 13946.
Remarks
- ↑ See Toth, Rhetorical Theatron , p. 442.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theodosios Kyprios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Θεοδόσιος ο Κύπριος (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine courtier, alleged conspirator against Manuel II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1414 |