Macedonius of

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or Macedonius Consul (, 500-560 AD) was a

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hypatos (; : , ) and the variant (; ) was a Byzantine court dignity, originally the Greek translation of Latin (the literal meaning of is 'the supreme one', which reflects the office, but not the etymology of ''). The dignity arose from the honorary ...

'' during the reign of

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, and the author of 42

epigrams An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, sometimes surprising or satirical statement. The word derives from the Greek (, "inscription", from [], "to write on, to inscribe"). This literary device has been practiced for over two millennia. ...

in the Greek Anthology, the best of which are some delicate and fanciful amatory pieces. His poems were published in 567 AD by

Agathias Agathias Scholasticus (; Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p. 23–25582/594) was a Greek poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558. Biography Agathias was a native of Myrina ( ...

in his collection of contemporary epigrams, the "Kyklos".

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*Macedonius Consul: The Epigrams -Amazo

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Byzantine poets Ancient Macedonian poets 6th-century Greek poets Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology 1st-millennium births Year of birth uncertain 560 deaths 6th-century Byzantine writers Hypatoi {{AncientGreece-writer-stub