Benjamin Peter Brendish
Royal Holloway, University of London
Psellos - Maniaces in Italy
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
Ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἀποσεσυλήμεθα καὶ
τὸ σεμνότατον τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀφῃρήμεθα μέρος , πέμπει τοῦτον
ὁ δεύτερος Μιχαὴλ πολεμήσοντα μὲν τοῖς ἡρπακόσιν αὐτὴν ,
τῷ δὲ κράτει τὸ μέρος ἐπανασώσοντα · λέγω δὲ νῦν Ἰταλίαν ,
οὐ τὴν ἀκτὴν ξύμπασαν , ἀλλὰ μόνον δὴ τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς
τμῆμα τὸ κοινὸν ἰδιωσάμενον ὄνομα .
τὸ σεμνότατον τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀφῃρήμεθα μέρος , πέμπει τοῦτον
ὁ δεύτερος Μιχαὴλ πολεμήσοντα μὲν τοῖς ἡρπακόσιν αὐτὴν ,
τῷ δὲ κράτει τὸ μέρος ἐπανασώσοντα · λέγω δὲ νῦν Ἰταλίαν ,
οὐ τὴν ἀκτὴν ξύμπασαν , ἀλλὰ μόνον δὴ τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς
τμῆμα τὸ κοινὸν ἰδιωσάμενον ὄνομα .
When
we
were
despoiled
of
Italy
and
the
noblest
part
of
our
empire
was
lost
,
the
second
Michael
sent
this
man
to
make
war
on
the
enemy
who
had
seized
it
.
He
was
ordered
to
recover
this
province
for
the
Romans
.
When
I
speak
of
Italy
here
,
I
am
referring
not
to
the
whole
coast-line
,
but
only
to
that
part
which
lies
opposite
us
and
has
appropriated
the
name
of
the
whole
peninsula
.