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"An onslaught of wild beasts, the dreadful spectacle of Gorgons.
Who is that man pitted against the giants,
This powerful man plunging into them one against all, So strange in shape, so extraordinary,
Of gold in splendor, of iron in nature?"
An amazing poem by Ioannis Geometres... See more
Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Anonymous • CSB Study Bible
"There was a city, an army, and a double wall within,
But, in truth, nothing is weaker than mortal man."
John Geometres or Kyriotes (Ιωάννης Γεωμέτρης ή Κυριώτης) was a Byzantine soldier, monk and poet of the 10th century. Fought under the orders of Nikephoros Phokas, Tzimiskes, and Basil the Bulgar-slayer... See more