Agathias
Also known as Agathias Scholastikos
Agathias Scholasticus (; 582/594) was a Byzantine poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558.
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Agathias Scholasticus (; 582/594) was a Byzantine poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558.
== Biography == Agathias was a native of Myrina (Mysia), an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor. His father was Memnonius. His mother was presumably Pericleia. A brother of Agathias is mentioned in primary sources, but his name has not survived. Their probable sister Eugenia is known by name. The Suda clarifies that Agathias was active in the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, mentioning him as a contemporary of Paul the Silentiary, Macedonius of Thessalonica and Tribonian.
