John Skylitzes

John Skylitzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Σκυλίτζης, Latin: Ioannes Scyllitzes; early 1040s – after 1101), was a Byzantine historian of the late 11th century. Quotes οἶδε γὰρ ἡ ἀνάγνωσις ἀνάμνησιν ἐμποιεῖν, ἡ δ᾽ ἀνάμνησις τρέφειν καὶ μεγαλύνειν τὴν μνήμην, ὥσπερ τουναντίον ἡ ἀμέλεια καὶ ῥαστώνη ἐπιφέρειν ἀμνηστίαν, ἦτινι πάντως ἕπεται λήθη ἀμαυροῦσα καὶ συγχέουσα τὴν μνήμην τῶν πεπραγμένων. Reading provokes recollection; recollection nourishes and expands memory, just as, quite the contrary, negligence and laziness provoke forgetfulness which darkens and confuses the memory of what has happened in the past. Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν (Synopsis of Histories), Foreword, 53–57 (ed. Hans Thurn, 1973; tr. John Wortley, 2010) External links Category:Historians from Greece Category:Chroniclers