Anonymus 229 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Locations | Antigonos (Princes' Islands); Kartalimen (Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Fisherman |
| Textual Sources | Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Anonymus 229 was a fisherman (τινος ἁλιέως) who used to visit Methodios 1 in exile on the island of Antigonos (Panormos) and secretly supply him with oil; he also sailed between Antigonos and Kartalimen on the Bithynian mainland and conveyed messages (in verse) between Methodios 1 and the other exiles, Theophanes 6 and Theodoros 68: Ps.-Symeon 642-643, Zon. XV 28. 33-37. The date was during the reign of the emperor Theophilos 5 (829-842).
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