Michael Psellos

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Michael Psellos was an 11th-century Byzantine polymath, philosopher, and statesman renowned for his influential writings on theology, philosophy, history, and literature.

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Michael Psellos canonical 4
Michael Constantine Psellos 1
Michael Psellos the Younger 1

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instanceOf Byzantine historian
Byzantine philosopher
Byzantine statesman
court official
monk
polymath
theologian
writer
alsoKnownAs Michael Psellos
surface form: Michael Constantine Psellos

Michael Psellos
surface form: Michael Psellos the Younger

Michael Psellos
surface form: Michael Psellus
birthDate c. 1017
birthPlace Byzantine Empire
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
centuryOfActivity 11th century
citizenship Byzantine Empire
culture Byzantine
deathDate after 1078
educatedAt University of Constantinople
employer imperial court of Constantinople
surface form: Byzantine imperial court
fieldOfWork classical philology
historiography
literature
philosophy
political theory
rhetoric
theology
genre historiography
letters
philosophical treatise
rhetorical prose
theological treatise
influenced Byzantine intellectual tradition
John Italos
later Byzantine philosophers
influencedBy Aristotle
Christian patristic authors
Neoplatonism
Plato
knownFor detailed portraits of Byzantine emperors in Chronographia
integration of Platonic philosophy with Christian theology
revival of classical learning in Byzantium
languageOfWorkOrName Medieval Greek
movement Byzantine Platonism
notableWork Chronographia
Byzantine chronicles
surface form: Chronographia (History of the Byzantine Emperors)

Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Plato
De omnifaria doctrina
Hymns and rhetorical works
Theologica
occupation historian
philosopher
rhetorician
statesman
teacher
theologian
placeOfActivity Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
positionHeld advisor to the emperor
consul of the philosophers
imperial secretary
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
wroteAbout Byzantine emperors of the 11th century
natural science and encyclopedic knowledge
philosophy
rhetoric
theology

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Byzantine poetry hasNotableAuthor Michael Psellos
Michael Psellos alsoKnownAs Michael Psellos
this entity surface form: Michael Psellus
Michael Psellos alsoKnownAs Michael Psellos
this entity surface form: Michael Constantine Psellos
Michael Psellos alsoKnownAs Michael Psellos
this entity surface form: Michael Psellos the Younger
John Mauropous teacherOf Michael Psellos
John Mauropous closeAssociate Michael Psellos