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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Label Occurrences
Michael Psellos canonical 16
Michael Psellos the Younger 2
Michael Constantine Psellos 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine historian ⓘ
Byzantine philosopher ⓘ
Byzantine statesman ⓘ
court official ⓘ
monk ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Michael Constantine Psellos ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos

Michael Psellos the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos

Michael Psellus ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos
birthDate c. 1017 ⓘ
birthPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 11th century ⓘ
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culture Byzantine ⓘ
deathDate after 1078 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Constantinople ⓘ
employer 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine poetry → hasNotableAuthor → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Michael Psellos → alsoKnownAs → Michael Psellus ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos
Michael Psellos → alsoKnownAs → Michael Constantine Psellos ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos
Michael Psellos → alsoKnownAs → Michael Psellos the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos
John Mauropous → teacherOf → Michael Psellos ⓘ
John Mauropous → closeAssociate → Michael Psellos ⓘ
George Maniakes → notedInSource → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Chaldean Oracles → influenced → Psellus ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos
Chronographia → author → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Theologica → author → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Theologica → creator → Michael Psellos ⓘ
De omnifaria doctrina → author → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Commentaries on Plato → author → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Commentaries on Plato → writtenBy → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Commentaries on Plato → historicalAuthor → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Byzantine Platonism → hasKeyFigure → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Byzantine Platonism → hasKeyFigure → Michael Psellos the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Michael Psellos
John Italos → studentOf → Michael Psellos ⓘ
John Italos → influencedBy → Michael Psellos ⓘ
Greek literature → hasKeyAuthor → Michael Psellos ⓘ