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PACHYMERES, GEORGIUS (1242-c. 1310) , Byzantine historian and miscellaneous writer, was born at Nicaea, in Bithynia, where his father had taken refuge
Constantinople by the Latins in 1204. On their expulsion by Michael Palaeologus in 1261 Pachymeres settled in Constantinople , studied law, entered the church, and subsequently became chief
chief
work
Acropolita from 1261 (or rather 1255) to 1308, containing the history of the reigns of Michael and Andronicus Palaeologi. He was also the author of rhetorical exercises on hackneyed sophistical themes; of a Quadrivium (Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, Astronomy), valuable for the history of music and astronomy in the middle ages; a general sketch of Aristotelian philosophy; a paraphrase of the speeches and letters of Dionysius
Sophia
The History has been edited by I. Bekker
minor works see C. Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur (1897).End of Article: PACHYMERES, GEORGIUS (1242-c. 1310) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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