Manuel Philes
Manuel Philes (c. 1275–1345, Greek: Μανουήλ Φιλής), of Ephesus, Byzantine poet.
Biography
At an early age, he moved to
Georgius Pachymeres, in whose honour he composed a memorial poem. Philes appears to have travelled extensively, and his writings contain much information concerning the imperial court and distinguished Byzantines.[1] He participated in an embassy to the "Tauroscythians" (Tatars) in 1293 to arrange the marriage of Maria, daughter of Andronikos II Palaiologos, to Toqta, the khan of the Golden Horde. He then was on a mission to recruit Georgian archers in 1305 and 1306.[2] Having offended one of the emperors, probably Andronikos II, by indiscreet remarks published in a chronography, he was briefly thrown into prison and only released after an abject apology.[1][2]
Philes is the counterpart of
Comneni; his character, as shown in his poems, is that of a begging poet, always pleading poverty, and ready to descend to the grossest flattery to obtain the favorable notice of the great. With one unimportant exception, his productions are in verse, the greater part in dodecasyllabic iambic trimeters, the remainder in the fifteen-syllable "political" measure.[1]
Philes was the author of poems on a great variety of subjects: on the characteristics of animals, chiefly based upon
occasional poems, many of which are simply begging letters in verse.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911, p. 375.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Philes, Manuel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 375. |Endnotes
- Lehrs, F.S.; Duebner, F., eds. (1862). Poetae bucolici et didactici. Paris: Didot series. —See the natural history poems
- Martini, A., ed. (1900). Manuelis Philae Carmina inedita.
- Miller, E., ed. (1855–1857). Manuelis Philae Carmina.
- Krumbacher, Karl (1897). Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur.
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