John Tzetzes
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Byzantine poet and writer (c.1110–1180)
OverviewAI-generated
John Tzetzes was a male person born in 1110 and died in 1180. He is associated with the United States and listed under genres including American composer and cinematic classical. His works include Ioannou grammatikou tou Tzetzou exēgēsis tōn vivlōn tou Hēsiodou, Scholia in Aristophanem, Expositio librorum Hesiodi, operum & dierum, Clypei Herculis, Generationis deorum, La leggenda troiana (Carmina Iliaca), and Draconis Stratonicensis Liber de metris poeticis.
Bibliographic records indicate a work count of 18 in the Open Library and five works in Crossref references. Europeana Sparql lists eight works attributed to him. He is referenced by 822 other encyclopedia articles. In music databases, he has one listener and a playcount of one.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- [Isaakiou kai Iōannou tou Tzetzou Scholia eis Lykophrona]
- Ioannou [!] grammatikou tou Tzetzou exēgēsis tōn vivlōn tou Hēsiodou, tōn ergōn kai hēmerōn
- Scholia in Aristophanem, sumptus suppeditante Instituto Batavo Scientiae Purae
- Expositio librorum Hesiodi, operum & dierum, Clypei Herculis, Generationis deorum
- La leggenda troiana (Carmina Iliaca)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Tzetzes">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,463x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,565x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,889x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,553x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,125x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1100
- Died
- 1180, Constantinople
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Occupations
- poet , scholar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Istanbul
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Occupation
- linguist
- Languages spoken
- medieval Greek
- Field of work
- linguistics
Show 7 more facts
- birth name
- Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης
- date of birth
- 1110-00-00
- date of death
- 1180-00-00
- writing language
- medieval Greek
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P13311
- Viggiù
- name in native language
- Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to John Tzetzes, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Tzetzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs Tzétzēs; c. 1110, Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century. He is known for making significant contributions in preserving much valuable information from ancient Greek literature and scholarship. Of his numerous works, the most important one is the Book of Histories, also known as Chiliades ('Thousands'). The work is a long poem containing knowledge that is unavailable elsewhere and serves as commentary on Tzetzes's own letters. Two of his other important works are the Allegoriai on the Iliad and the Odyssey, which are long didactic poems containing interpretations of Homeric theology.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Tzetzes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.