Zoe and Theodora part 92
While still subject to the limitations of human nature, they behave as though they were demi-gods among us. For the other attributes of Divinity...
Zoe and Theodora part 93
It is not my purpose at the moment to describe the object of their choice, but I will say that the man chosen was...
Zoe and Theodora part 94
86. Herodotus, the famous Greek historian, is said to have beer the son of Lyxes and Dryo, and was born at Halicarnassus in 484...
Zoe and Theodora part 95
97. Sclerena was a niece of Pulcheria, sister of Romanus Sclerus and grand-daughter of Bardas. She had shared Constantine’s exile on Lesbos. She was...
Zoe and Theodora part 96
105. The protospatharius Pardus owed his appointment as successor to Maniaces not to any outstanding ability but to the fact that he was known...
Zoe and Theodora part 97
116. In September 1047.
117. The army of the East was at this time engaged in Armenia Magna.
118. In the part near the monastery of...
Zoe and Theodora part 98
147. These two friends were John Xiphilinus, a native of Trebizond, who had been appointed Professor of Law (Nomophylax) in the University of Constantinople...
Zoe and Theodora part 85
2. Convinced that she was doing what was right, the empress proceeded to use her authority in all matters of government, quite openly. Without...
Zoe and Theodora part 86
6. Nevertheless, the situation called for an energetic man, one who understood the functions of government, one thoroughly conversant with the imperial rescripts, but...
Zoe and Theodora part 87
I myself admire the inflexibility of such a mind, but its proper place, in my opinion, lies not in time, but in eternity: not...
