Komitas 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| PmbZ No. | 3667 |
| Variant Names | Kometas |
| Locations | Magnaura (Palace, Constantinople) |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
Komitas 4 was possibly a pupil of Leo the Philosopher (Leo 19); see Theodoros 162. He was in charge of the Greek grammar section in the schools of higher studies created in the Magnaura in Constantinople by Bardas 5 during the reign of Michael III: Theoph. Cont. IV 29 (p. 192) (καὶ Κομητᾶς τῆς τὰς φωνὰς ἐξελληνιζούσης γραμματικῆς, sc. τοῦ διαιτητηρίου προΐστατο). He was appointed by Bardas 5 to teach grammar at the Magnaura and was rewarded out of imperial funds: Genesius IV 17 (ἔν τε γραμματικῇ Κομητᾶν).
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