Theodorus Metochita
Theodorus Metochita [1]
( Θεόδωρος Ὁ Μετοχίτης ), a Greek theologian, flourished in the days of the emperor Andronicus the Elder, who appointed him the chief Logothete , or chancellor, of the Church at Constantinople, and intrusted him with several missions. Amid all his official duties, Metochita found time to compose sundry works which reflect honor upon: his learning. He was banished from the country shortly after the usurpation of power by Andronicus the Younger, in 1328. The emperor was not slow to recall him; but Metochita being disgusted with the complexion which matters had assumed, retired into a convent, where he died about 1332. His principal works are Commentaries ( Παράφρασις ) on several treatises by Aristotle: Physica, De A Nima, De Coelo, De Ortu Et Interitu, De Memoria Et Reminiscentia, De Somno Et Vigilia . These commentaries were published in Latin' by Gent. Hervet (Basle, 1550, 4to; Ravenna, 1614, 4to); but the original Greek text of the Commnentaries has remained inedited. He also wrote two books on ecclesiastical history, and several works of a secular character, which were never printed. See Fabricius, Bibl. Grceca, 10:412 sq.; C. F.'de Bodenbourg, De Th. Metochitce Scriptis Notheias vulgo insimulatis, in the Miscellan. Lipsiensia, vol. xii.
