Anemas
Anemas (Greek: Ἀνεμᾶς) was the name of a Byzantine aristocratic family, attested from the 9th to the 15th centuries.[1]
The origin and etymology of the name are uncertain; it may be connected to anemos, "wind", although the philologist
Emir of Crete, who converted to Christianity and joined the Byzantine army.[1]
Four Anemas brothers took part in a conspiracy against
Marmara Sea in the early 14th century,[4] while a Theodore Anemas was chartophylax at Imbros in 1407.[5]
References
Sources
- The Alexiad, translated by Sewter, E. R. A., Penguin Classics
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Walther, Rainer; Sturm-Schnabl, Katja; Kislinger, Ewald; Leontiadis, Ioannis; Kaplaneres, Sokrates (1976–1996). ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.