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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 957 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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archbishop of Thessalonica, See also:Byzantine See also:scholar and author (probably a native of See also:Constantinople), flourished during the second See also:half of the 12th See also:century. He was at first a See also:monk, and afterwards See also:deacon of St See also:Sophia and teacher of See also:rhetoric in his native See also:city. In 1174 he was chosen See also:bishop of See also:Myra in See also:Lycia, but in 1175 was transferred to Thessalonica. He was out-spoken and See also:independent, and did not hesitate to oppose the See also:emperor See also:Manuel, when the latter desired an alteration in the See also:formula of See also:abjuration necessary for converts from Mahommedanism. In 1185, when Thessalonica was captured by the See also:Normans under See also:William II. of See also:Sicily, Eustathius secured religious See also:toleration for the conquered. He died about 1193. His best known See also:work is his Commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey of See also:Homer (irapexl3oXaf, See also:critical compilations), valuable as containing numerous extracts from the scholia of other critics, whose See also:works have now perished. He also wrote a commentary on the See also:geographical epic of See also:Dionysius Periegetes, in which much of Stephanus of See also:Byzantium and the lost writings of See also:Arrian is pre-served. A commentary on See also:Pindar has been lost, with the exception of the See also:preface, which contains an See also:essay on lyric See also:poetry,a See also:life of Pindar, and an See also:account of the Olympic See also:games. A See also:history of the See also:conquest of Thessalonica by the Normans, a congratulatory address to the emperor Manuel, a plea for an improved See also:water-See also:supply for Constantinople, and an extensive See also:correspondence with clerical and See also:lay dignitaries, are See also:evidence of his versatility. He is also the author of various religious works, chiefly directed against the prevailing abuses of his See also:time, which almost anticipate, though in a milder See also:form, the denunciations of See also:Luther; the most important of these is The Reform of Monastic Life. A commentary on the pentecostal hymn of See also:John of See also:Damascus may also be mentioned.

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Editions: Homer Commentary, by G. See also:Stallbaum (1825–1830); preface to Pindar Commentary, by F. W. See also:Schneidewin (1837); Dionysius Commentary in C. W. See also:Muller, Geographici Graeci minores, ii.; pentecostal hymn, in A. See also:Mai; Spicilegium Romanum, v. 2 (1841). The smaller works have been edited (1832) and the De Thessalonica (1839) by L. F. Tafel; many will be found in J. P.

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Migne, Patrologia Graeca, exxxv., cxxxvi. Five new speeches have been edited by W. Regel, Fontes rerum Byzantinarum, i. (1892).

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