Saksagan
Eudocia 1067 part 24
17. He indulges in all kinds of hunting, observing carefully the flight of birds and the tracks followed by wild beasts. He urges on...
Eudocia 1067 part 23
Constantine, his Brother**294
15. Not very quick-witted, but being wrapt up in himself, he has all the appearance of a thinker. He is generally observant,...
Eudocia 1067 part 22
His face is rounded into a perfect circle, the eyes grey, very big, and most serene, with the eyebrows forming an absolutely straight line...
Eudocia 1067 part 20
Here I must mention something that I feel is beyond praise the most remarkable fact about Michael’s reign. At a time when our affairs,...
Eudocia 1067 part 19
5. In appearance he resembles an old man somewhat, with something about him of the thinker or pedagogue. His eyes are intent, his brow...
Eudocia 1067 part 18
He knew all about the mint, the exact weight of a stater, how a touchstone functioned, what proportion of precious metal was included in...
Eudocia 1067 part 17
And I would ask my readers not to distrust my account, nor to regard with suspicion the words that I shall presently write here,...
Eudocia 1067 part 16
42. So far the story has proceeded without a hitch: I have taken you along ‘the royal, smooth highway’, as the Holy Scripture has...
Eudocia 1067 part 15
40. Diogenes’s army was broken and routed. Andronicus, meanwhile, returned in triumph with Crispinus to the tent which had been prepared for him. Later,...
Eudocia 1067 part 14
His second object was to escape Diogenes’s notice when he drew near the passes into Cilicia, to make his way quietly through the tortuous...
