EUSTATHIUS

Eustathius of Constantinople, appointed archbishop of Thessalonica, in 1160 A.D. Previously to this he had been a deacon, and professor of rhetoric in his native city, and had written a comprehensive commentary on the Homeric poems. The commentary, which is characterized by learning remarkable for that age, is made up of extracts from older writers, and is therefore of great value. A commentary by the same author on Dionysius Periegetes, and a preface to a commentary on Pindar, have also survived.