Nicephorus, the general logothete (i.e., the imperial treasurer), became emperor, and the prospect of union was dead. ❋ Superversive (2010)
The logothete abjured the schism in the name of the emperor Michael Palæologus; and the pope, while Te Deum was sung, stood with his cheeks all the time bathed in tears. ❋ Alban Butler (N/A)
By his direction, a collection of historical examples of vice and virtue was compiled in fifty-three books, and _Simeon Metaphrastes_, the great logothete, or chancellor of the empire, composed his Lives of the ❋ Alban Butler (N/A)
The empress-regent and her son did not assist in person at the sessions, but they were represented there by two high officials: the patrician and former consul, Petronius, and the imperial chamberlain and logothete John, with whom was associated as secretary the former patriarch, Nicephorus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
In 1247 he was made imperial prothonotary and logothete of the Kingdom of Sicily and thus the sole head of the imperial chancellery. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Mr. Roosevelt has added to the picturesqueness of political invective by describing Mr. Wilson's last Presidential message as "worthy of a Byzantine logothete." ❋ Unknown (1900)
He took a humorous delight in mystifying the public with recondite allusions, sending everyone to the dictionary to look out "Byzantine logothete," and to the Bible and cyclopedia to find Armageddon. ❋ Unknown (1886)
He had held the position of grand logothete, [49] but he had been deposed by Mourtzouphlos. ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)
The one list which has been left us by the Greek logothete professes to give account of only the larger statues which were sent to the melting-pot. ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)
He had no temptation to remain in the North, for Cassiodorus was no longer here, having withdrawn a twelvemonth ago to his own country by the Ionian Sea, and there entered the monastery founded by himself; at Ravenna ruled the logothete Alexandros, soon to win a surname from his cleverness in coin-clipping. ❋ George Gissing (1880)
Their duty was to extort money by any and all means for their master, their pleasure to accumulate fortunes for themselves; but whether the _logothete_ plundered for the Emperor or for himself, the ❋ Thomas Hodgkin (1872)
The nature of the grasping logothete was well-known in his own country, and the ❋ Thomas Hodgkin (1872)
In this posture he was chastised with so many and such heavy blows from the clubs of two guards or executioners, that when Theodore commanded them to cease, the great logothete was scarcely able to rise and crawl away to his tent. ❋ Edward Gibbon (1765)
But a contrary effect must have been produced by a new edition of the lives of the saints, which the great logothete, or chancellor of the empire, was directed to prepare; and the dark fund of superstition was enriched by the fabulous and florid legends of Simon the Metaphrast. ❋ Edward Gibbon (1765)
Bulgaria, he consulted on a question of policy his principal ministers; and the Greek logothete, George Acropolita, presumed to offend him by the declaration of a free and honest opinion. ❋ Edward Gibbon (1765)
After laughing at his apprehensions, the emperor more gravely consoled him by the pleasing assurance that _this_ should be his last service abroad, and that he destined for his son a wealthy and noble heiress; for himself, the important office of great logothete, or principal minister of state. ❋ Edward Gibbon (1765)
But a contrary effect must have been produced by a new edition of the lives of the saints, which the great logothete, or chancellor of the empire, was directed to prepare; and the dark fund of superstition was enriched by the fabulous and florid legends of Simon the _Metaphrast_. ❋ Edward Gibbon (1765)
