Theodore Metochites
Byzantine scholar
- Lived
- 1270–1332
- Country
- Byzantine Empire
Updated September 2026
About Theodore Metochites
Theodore Metochites was a Byzantine statesman, author, gentleman philosopher–astronomer, and patron of the arts. From c. 1305 to 1328 he held the position of personal adviser (mesazōn) to emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos.
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