Theocritus (Greek: Θεόκριτος; died 518) was a candidate to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire in 518. He lost to Justin I.
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Theocritus was a candidate to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire in 518. He lost to Justin I.
“ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες.”
“τὰν παρεοῖσαν ἄμελγε· τί τὸν φεύγοντα διώκεις;”
“εὐσεβέων παίδεσσι τὰ λώια, δυσσεβέων δ᾿ οὔ.”
“ἄλλου δ᾿ ἄλλον ἔθηκε θεὸς ἐπιδευέα φωτῶν.”
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Theocritus (Greek: Θεόκριτος; died 518) was a candidate to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire in 518. He lost to Justin I.