Letter 1

Authored by

Reference

Leone 1972: 1–4

Status of performance
Attested
Actor Role
Ioannes Tzetzes [1014] Author
Epiphanios (deacon) [1016] Performer, Addressee
Publicity level
Closed circle
Date
1155
Place
Constantinople

The letter attests incidents of competition between peers. Epiphanios had sent a letter to Tzetzes informing him about a number of malign rumours circulating about him (Ioannes). Ioannes in his letter reacted to each of them separately.  

On its role and position in the Chiliades, cf. Pizzone 2017: 185.