Euthymios Malakes (Greek: Εὐθύμιος Μαλάκης, ca. 1115 – before 1204) was a Byzantine bishop and writer, closely connected to the intellectual court circles of Constantinople.
He may also be the original author of a further three speeches published by Euthymios Tornikes, who was Malakes' closest friend and who wrote a monody in his honour.[1]
euthymios, malakes, greek, Εὐθύμιος, Μαλάκης, 1115, before, 1204, byzantine, bishop, writer, closely, connected, intellectual, court, circles, constantinople, born, 1115, thebes, greece, sometime, before, 1166, appointed, metropolitan, bishop, neopatras, relat. Euthymios Malakes Greek Eὐ8ymios Malakhs ca 1115 before 1204 was a Byzantine bishop and writer closely connected to the intellectual court circles of Constantinople He was born ca 1115 at Thebes in Greece Sometime before 1166 he was appointed as the metropolitan bishop of Neopatras 1 He was related to the Tornikios family and became closely connected to the intellectual circles of the Patriarchal School of Constantinople as well as to such prominent scholar bishops of the late Komnenian period as the Archbishop Eustathius of Thessalonica and Michael Choniates 1 His main works were rhetorical speeches chiefly in honour of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and his general Alexios Kontostephanos as well as monodies for his friends including Eustathius 1 He may also be the original author of a further three speeches published by Euthymios Tornikes who was Malakes closest friend and who wrote a monody in his honour 1 References edit a b c d Kazhdan 1991 p 1275 Sources editKazhdan Alexander 1991 Malakes Euthymios In Kazhdan Alexander ed The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Oxford and New York Oxford University Press p 1275 ISBN 0 19 504652 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Euthymios Malakes amp oldid 1168748884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
