A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Μιχαὴλ ὁ Γλυκᾶς), a Byzantine historian, was a native either of Constantinople or Sicily, whence he is often called " Siculus." There are great doubts with regard to the time when he lived. Oudin, Hamberger, and others, are of opinion that he was a contemporary of the last emperors of Constantinople, as may be concluded from letters of his being extant in MS. which are addressed to the last Constantine, who perished in the storm of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453: but it is doubtful whether those letters are really written by him. Walch, Fabricius, Vossius, and Cave, on the contrary, believe that Glycas lived in the twelfth century. However this may be, it is certain that he lived after 1118, because his Annals go down to that year.

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