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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Gaza, Theodo'rus one of the latest of the scholars and writers of the Byzantine empire, was a native, not of Athens, as some have erroneously supposed, but of Thessalonica; and on the capture of that city by the Turks (A. D. 1430), he fled into Italy. He appears to have gone first to Mantua, where he studied the Latin tongue, under Victorinus of Feltre, who was then teaching at Mantua. In A. D. 1439 he was at the council of Florence ; and in 1440 he was at Sienna. He afterwards settled at Ferrara, where he was appointed rector and professor of Greek in the Gymnasium on its establishment (which took place under duke Lionel, who occupied the duchy from 1441 to 1450); and, by his talents and reputation, attracted students thither from all parts of Italy. At Ferrara he composed his elements of grammar. It has been said that before this appointment he was reduced to the greatest destitution; but this is doubtful, though he has himself recorded that he gained his subsistence at one time by
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Geo'rgius AMYRUTZA (search)
Geo'rgius AMYRUTZA 4. AMYRUTZA, or AMYRUTZES, a native of Trapezus or Trebizond. He was high in favour at Constantinople with the emperor Johannes or John II. Palaeologus, and was one of those whom the emperor consulted about his attendance at the council of Florence, A. D. 1439. George afterwards returned to Trebizond, and was high in favour with David, the last emperor of Trebizond, at whose court he seems to have borne the offices of Logotheta and Protovestiarius. His intellectual attainments obtained for him the title of "the philosopher." On the capture of Trebizond by the Turks (A. D. 1461), he obtained the favour of the sultan, Mohammed H., partly by his handsome person and his skill in the use of the javelin, but chielly through a marriage connection with a Turkish pacha. Mohammed often conversed with him on philosophy and religion, and gave him some considerable posts in the seraglio at Constantinople. He embraced the Mohammedan religion, together with his children; and his d
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Geo'rgius TRAPEZUNTIUS (search)
, Spain, and Germany. The year of his settlement at Rome is not ascertained. The account of Boissardus, who says (Icones Viror. Illustr.) " Primus omnium Graeccrum Graecas literas docuit summa cum laude utpote qui clarebat A. Chr. 1430 Eugenio IV. pontificatum tenente," is not accurate, as Eugenius did not become pope till 1431. Trithemius says that he flourished at Rome in the time of Eugenius IV., A. D. 1435, which may be true ; at any rate, he was at Rome before the council of Florence, A. D. 1439. He had become eminent in Italy before 1437, when he wrote to the Byzantine emperor, .oannes or John II., exhorting him to disregard the promises of the council of Basel, and to attend the council which was to be summoned at Ferrara, in Italy; but it is not clear from what part of Italy the letter was written. He was secretary, according to Hody, to the two popes, Eugenius IV. and Nicholas V. (who acceded to the papal crown A. D. 1 447),but according to other statements he received the app
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Joannes ARGYROPULUS (search)
cond removal was after the capture of Constantinople. What truth there is in this statement it is difficult to say : he was at least twice in Italy, probably three, and perhaps even four times ; but that he was forty years of age at his first visit is quite irreconcileable with other statements. A passage cited by Tiraboschi (Storia della Lett. Italiana, vol. vi. p. 198) makes it likely that he was at Padua A. D. 1434, reading and explaining the works of Aristotle on natural philosophy. In A. D. 1439 an Argyropulus was present with the emperor Joannes Palaeologus at the council of Florence (Michael Ducas, Hist. Byzant. 100.31) : it is not clear whether this was Joannes or some other of his name, but it was probably Joannes. In A. D. 1441 he was at Constantinople, as appears from a letter of Francesco Filelfo to Pietro Perleoni (Philelphus, Epistol. 5.3), engaged in public teaching, but it is uncertain how long he had been established there. Probably he had returned some time between A
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Jose'phus (search)
hurch in the points in dispute, partly, according to Sguropulus, by the bad faith of Bessarion, who having, at Joseph's request, read to him the judgments of the fathers on these points, made various omissions and alterations, to suit his purpose. Joseph, however, appears to have made up his mind to yield, and probably only required an excuse: he bitterly rebuked some Greek prelates, who showed less pliability than himself. He died at Florence before the conclusion of the council, June 10. A. D. 1439. Joseph wrote Epistola ad Concilium Busiliense and Bulla plumbea missa Concilio Basiliensi, given in a Latin version in the Concilia. His *Gnw/mh, Sententia, delivered at the Council of Florence, and his *Teleutai=a gnw/mh, Extrema Sententia, written the night of his death, are also given in Greek and Latin in the Concilia. (Vols. xii. col. 545, 571, xiii. col. 482, 494, ed. Labbe; vols. viii. col. 1189, 1215. 9.393, 405, ed. Hardouin; vols. 29.97, 126, 31.994, 1008, ed. Mansi.) And one or
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Jose'phus or Jose'phus Plusiadenus (search)
Jose'phus or Jose'phus Plusiadenus 13. Of METHONE. Works *)Apologi/a ei)s to\ gramma/tion kurou= *Ma/rkou tou= *Eu)genikou= mhtropoli/ton *)Efe/sou, Responsio ad Libellum Domini Marci Eugenici Metropolitae Ephesi A defence of the Florentine council A. D. 1439, and of the union there negotiated between the Greek and Latin churches, in reply to Marcus Eugenicus of Ephesus [EUGENICUS], is extant, under the name of Joseph, bishop of Methone (Modon), in the Peloponnesus. It is entitled *)Apologi/a ei)s to\ gramma/tion kuruu= *Ma/rkou tou= *Eu)genikou= mhtropoli/ton *)Efe/sou, Responsio ad Libellum Domini Marci Eugenici Metropolitae Ephesi. Of this Joseph of Methone, Sguropulus relates that he represented himself to the patriarch Joseph of Constantinople [No. 7], when the latter touched at Methone, on his voyage to Italy to attend the council, as favourable to the opinions of the Greek church. If so, his subsequent change was countenanced by the example of the patriarch himself, and of