Tzetzes
Proper noun
Meaning
Tzetzes
A surname from Byzantine Greek — famously held by:
John Tzetzes (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian
Examples
According to Lycophron 's Alexandra (808) and John Tzetzes ' scholia on the poem (795 - 808), however, Circe used magical herbs to bring Odysseus back to life after he had been killed by Telegonus.
Other sources give different numbers: The Bibliotheca 50; Epitome 5.14 Tzetzes 23; Posthomerica 641–650 and Quintus Smyrnaeus gives the names of 30, but says there were more.
Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 999. Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto.
Tzetzes ad Lycophroon 18. He did not come directly from Ethiopia, but either from Susa in Persia, conquering all the peoples in between, Pausanias 10.31.7.
Tzetzes ad Lycophroon 609. According to later traditions, he had some adventures and founded Canusium and Argyrippa in Southern Italy.