George Pachymeres

George Pachymeres
Γεώργιος Παχυμέρης
Portrait of George Pachymeres in his History
Born	1242 (1242) Nicaea, Bithynia (modern İznik, Bursa, Turkey)
Died	c. 1310 (aged approx. 68)
Nationality	Byzantine Greek
Education	Law in Constantinople
Occupations	Historian Philosopher Music theorist Miscellaneous writer Chief advocate of the church Chief Justice of the imperial court
Notable work	Byzantine history in 13 books rhetorical exercises a Quadrivium general sketch of Aristotelian philosophy paraphrase of the speeches and letters of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite poems an autobiography description of Augustaeum square description of column erected by Justinian I in Hagia Sophia

George Pachymeres (Greek: Γεώργιος Παχυμέρης, romanized: Geórgios Pachyméris; 1242 – c. 1310)^[1] was a Byzantine Greek historian, philosopher, music theorist and miscellaneous writer.