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	*Παροιμιαι (''Paroemiae'', Greek for "proverbs"), a collection of proverbs in [[Greek language\|Greek]]		*Παροιμιαι (''Paroemiae'', Greek for "proverbs"), a collection of proverbs in [[Greek language\|Greek]]
	** an edition published in [[Basel]] in 1538, now exceedingly rare		** an edition published in [[Basel]] in 1538, now exceedingly rare
	** a fuller edition edited by Daniel Heinsius ("Curante Heinsio") and published in [[Leiden]] in 1619<~~ref~~>~~Michael Apostolius, ''~~[~~http://books.google.com/books?id=7qxAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Paroemiae]'' [''Proverbs''~~]~~. Ed. Daniel Heinsius. Leiden, 1619.~~</~~ref~~>		** a fuller edition edited by Daniel Heinsius ("Curante Heinsio") and published in [[Leiden]] in 1619<sup>[1]</sup>
	*"Oratio Panegyrica ad Fredericum III." in [[Marquard Freher\|Freher]]'s ''Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum'', vol. ii. (Frankfort, 1624)		*"Oratio Panegyrica ad Fredericum III." in [[Marquard Freher\|Freher]]'s ''Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum'', vol. ii. (Frankfort, 1624)
	*''Georgii Gemisthi Plethonis et Mich. Apostolii Orationes funebres duce in quibus de Immortalitate Animae exponitur'' (Leipzig, 1793)		*''Georgii Gemisthi Plethonis et Mich. Apostolii Orationes funebres duce in quibus de Immortalitate Animae exponitur'' (Leipzig, 1793)
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	== References ==		== References ==

			* This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press.

			* 1. Michael Apostolius, [[http://books.google.com/books?id=7qxAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Paroemiae] [Proverbs]. Ed. Daniel Heinsius. Leiden, 1619.

	==See also==		==See also==

Nick: New page: '''Michael Apostolius''' (died c. 1480) was a Greek theologian and rhetorician of the 15th century. When, in 1453, the Turks conquered Constantinople, his nat...

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New page: '''Michael Apostolius''' (died c. 1480) was a Greek theologian and rhetorician of the 15th century. When, in 1453, the Turks conquered Constantinople, his nat...

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'''Michael Apostolius''' (died c. 1480) was a [[Greek people|Greek]] [[theologian]] and [[rhetoric]]ian of the 15th century.

When, in 1453, the Turks conquered [[Constantinople]], his native city, he fled to [[Italy]], and there obtained the protection of [[Johannes Bessarion|Cardinal Bessarion]]. But engaging in the great dispute that then raged between the upholders of [[Aristotle]] and [[Plato]], his zeal for the latter led him to speak so contemptuously of the more popular philosopher and of his defender, [[Theodorus Gaza]], that he fell under the severe displeasure of his patron.

He afterwards retired to [[Crete]], where he earned a scanty living by teaching and by copying manuscripts. Many of his copies are still to be found in the libraries of Europe. One of them, the ''Icones'' of [[Philostratus III|Philostratus]] at [[Bologna]], bears the inscription: "The king of the poor of this world has written this book for his living."

Apostolius died about 1480, leaving two sons, [[Aristobulus Apostolius]] and [[Arsenius Apostolius]]. The latter became bishop of Malvasia (Monemvasia) in the Morea.

Of his numerous works a few have been printed:
*Παροιμιαι (''Paroemiae'', Greek for "proverbs"), a collection of proverbs in [[Greek language|Greek]]
** an edition published in [[Basel]] in 1538, now exceedingly rare
** a fuller edition edited by Daniel Heinsius ("Curante Heinsio") and published in [[Leiden]] in 1619<ref>Michael Apostolius, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=7qxAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Paroemiae]'' [''Proverbs'']. Ed. Daniel Heinsius. Leiden, 1619.</ref>
*"Oratio Panegyrica ad Fredericum III." in [[Marquard Freher|Freher]]'s ''Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum'', vol. ii. (Frankfort, 1624)
*''Georgii Gemisthi Plethonis et Mich. Apostolii Orationes funebres duce in quibus de Immortalitate Animae exponitur'' (Leipzig, 1793)
*a work against the Latin Church and the [[council of Florence]] in [[Le Moine]]'s ''Varia Sacra''.

== References ==

==See also==
*[[Byzantine scholars in Renaissance]]

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