(born 1260, Nicomedia, Byzantine Empire—died &circa; 1310, Constantinople) Greek Orthodox scholar, anthologist, and polemicist. He established a school in Constantinople that gained a strong reputation for its humanities curriculum. His Greek...

1260?-1310? Byzantine monk who reconstructed a number of the maps described in Ptolemy's Geographia. The maps in the original manuscript were incomplete, since some had only been explained by Ptolemy without accompanying illustrations. Planudes...

Maximus Planudes (c. 1260 – 1330), Byzantine grammarian and theologian, flourished during the reigns of Michael VIII Palaeologus and Andronicus II...

1904675050 Ovid Heroides; v.1: Introduction and text, with Greek translation by Maximus Planudes. Ed. by Arthur Palmer. Bristol Phoenix Press 2005 274 pages $37.95 Paperback PA6519 When Canadian-born Irish classical scholar Palmer (1841-97) realized...

Hidden Conflicts of Rudy's Welfare Team ON DECEMBER 28, 2001-JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE THE END OF RUDY GIULIANI'S REIGN AT CITY HALL-OFFICIALS AT THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED A POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE REPORT REGARDING ONE OF ITS KEY PRIVATE CONTRACTORS. [para ] THE SEVEN-PAGE...