Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Theodore Metochites wrote three essays about the Ancient Greeks, analysing their history. This video covers his essay on their significance in history.

Theodore Metochites' Other Greek Essay:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1CTkS4xXo

Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Theodore Metochites, Essays, ed. M. C. G. Müller and M. T. Kiessling, Theodori Metochitae Miscellanea philosophica et historica (1821).
partial ed. and tr. K. Hult, Theodore Metochites On Ancient Authors and
Philosophy, Semeioseis gnomikai 1–26 and 71, (2002).
Essays 8 and 93, ed. and tr. P. Agapitos, K. Hult, and O. L. Smith, Theodoros Metochites on Philosophic Irony and Greek History: Miscellanea 8 and 93 (1996).

Scholarship
Kaldellis, A., Byzantine Readings of Ancient Greek Historians, (2015).

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Music Credits:
'Tangon, Alpha Bravo' and 'The Capture' by Stephen and David Rippy from Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome by Ensemble Studios.

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