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Michael Glykas

1125 - 1204

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Michael Glykas or Glycas (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Γλυκᾶς) was a 12th-century Byzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He was probably from Corfu and lived in Constantinople. He was a critic of Manuel I Komnenos, and was imprisoned and blinded due to his participation in a conspiracy against the emperor. He is also identified by modern scholarship with Michael Sikidites (Μιχαὴλ Σικιδίτης), who was condemned as a heresiarch in 1200. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Glykas is the 117th most popular historian (up from 176th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Greece (up from 453rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Glykas ranks 117 out of 561. Before him are Christoph Cellarius, W. Montgomery Watt, Árni Magnússon, Reinhart Koselleck, Peter Burke, and Leo the Deacon. After him are Pierre Nora, Shoqan Walikhanov, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Hayden White, and Guibert of Nogent.

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Among people born in 1125, Michael Glykas ranks 8. Before him are Eystein II of Norway, Sweyn III of Denmark, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Herrad of Landsberg, Lu You, and Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal. After him are Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Jaufre Rudel, Petronilla of Aquitaine, Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, and Conrad of Wittelsbach. Among people deceased in 1204, Michael Glykas ranks 11. Before him are Haakon III of Norway, Alexios IV Angelos, Emeric, King of Hungary, Nicholas Kanabos, Ban Kulin, and Berthold, Duke of Merania. After him are Sinjong of Goryeo, Guttorm of Norway, Minamoto no Yoriie, Marie of Champagne, Suleiman II, and Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Michael Glykas ranks 351 out of 1,024. Before him are Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Dinocrates (-400), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Conon (-401), and Nicos Poulantzas (1936). After him are Callimachus (-600), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Zoilus (-400), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Perictione (-500), and Aspasia Manos (1896).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Michael Glykas ranks 7. Before him are Thucydides (-460), Xenophon (-430), Polybius (-208), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Callisthenes (-360), and Theopompus (-400). After him are Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Marsyas of Pella (-400), Leo Allatius (1586), and Helene Ahrweiler (1926).

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