Byzantine writers

9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Byzantine anthologist, translator

Byzantine judge and historian (11th century)

Kekaumenos () is the family name of the otherwise unidentified Byzantine author of the Strategikon, a manual on military and household affairs composed c. 1078. He was apparently of Georgian-Armenian origin and the grandson of the doux of Hellas. Despite relevant suppositions, there exists no concrete evidence that he is the famous 11th century general Katakalon Kekaumenos, or his son.

Byzantine poet

Greek academic

Byzantine writer

Byzantine bishop

Byzantine prefect

Oecumenius () is the name under which are transmitted several commentaries in Greek on the New Testament. It now appears that these were not all written by the same person nor in the same period.

Cypriot bishop

Byzantine churchman and writer

Mazaris (; fl. c. 1415) was a late Byzantine Greek writer known only for having authored a satirical text entitled ''Mazaris' Journey to Hades. Although his identity and first name are unknown, Mazaris has been tentatively identified with at least two known historical personalities of the same name, one Manuel Mazaris, who was a hymnographer and served as protonotarios of Thessaloniki, and one Maximus Mazaris, who was a monk and author of a text on grammatical rules. According to yet another hypothesis, however, these two were actually the same person. Because of this uncertainty, the author o

Byzantine scholar and diplomat

theologian, deacon and writer (15th century)

Byzantine judge

Byzantine homiletic

Byzantine monk and writer

Byzantine rhetorician

eastern Orthodox monk