Michael Psellos
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1018-01-01
- Died
- 1078-05-31
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Leben der Byzantinischen Kaiser
- Leben der Byzantinischen Kaiser / Chronographia
- [Set Geschichten Aus Byzanz, 2 Bände, Tusculum]
- Chronografie
- Chronographie
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 19
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 84,886x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
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Key facts
- Born
- Constantine Psellos , c. 1018 , Constantinople
- Died
- c. 1096
- Fields
- Theology philosophy psychology historiography
- Institutions
- University of Constantinople
- Notable students
- John Italus , Michael Attaleiates , Michael VII Doukas , Constantine Leichoudes
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1018
- Died
- 31 May 1078
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Constantinople
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Native language
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Notable work
- Chronographia
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Michael Psellos or Psellus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Ψελλός, romanized: Michaḗl Psellós, Byzantine Greek: [mixaˈil pseˈlːos]) was a Byzantine Greek monk, savant, writer, philosopher, imperial courtier, historian, and music theorist. He was born in 1017 or 1018, and is believed to have died in 1078, although it has also been maintained that he remained alive until 1096. He served as a high ranking courtier and advisor to several Byzantine emperors and was instrumental in the re-positioning of power of those emperors.
Psellos made lasting contributions to Byzantine culture by advocating the revival of Byzantine classical studies, which would later influence the Italian Renaissance, as well as by interpreting Homeric literature and Platonic philosophy as precursors to and integral components of Christian doctrine. His texts combined theology, philosophy, and psychology. Among his most famous works are his Commentary on Plato's Teachings on the Origin of the Soul, and the Chronographia, a series of biographies from emperor Basil II to Nikephoros III, which serves as a valuable source on the history of the 11th-century Byzantine Empire.
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