Letter 89

Authored by

Reference

Leone 1972: 129–30

Status of performance
Attested
Actor Role
Ioannes Tzetzes [1014] Author
?Andronikos Doukas Kamateros [1260] Performer, In audience, Addressee
Theodoros Doukas Kamateros [1258] Performer
Anonymous rephendarios [1268] Mentioned
?Gregorios Kamateros [1261] In audience
Michael, the philosopher, nephew of the Kamateroi brothers [1589] Mentioned
Publicity level
Semi-public
Date
1154
Place
Constantinople

Tzetzes' criticised one of Gregorios Kamateros' poems without knowing its author. With this letter, Tzetzes asks Gregorios' sons to pass his apologies. The Kamateroi brothers were asked to organise a theatron for judging Tzetzes' poetry.