Monomachos (Byzantine family)

The House of Monomachos, Latinized Monomachus (Greek: Μονομάχος, lit. 'Lone Warrior'), feminine form Monomachina (Μονομαχίνα), was the name of a Byzantine aristocratic family active in the 10th–15th centuries and possibly even before that. The name, Monomachos, means “the gladiator” in Greek.^[1] It produced several officials and military commanders, as well as one emperor, Constantine IX Monomachos (r. 1042–1055).

^ Voyiatzaki, Evi (2002). The Body in the Text: James Joyce's Ulysses and the Modern Greek Novel. Lexington Books. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7391-0357-9.

[1] Voyiatzaki, Evi (2002). The Body in the Text: James Joyce's Ulysses and the Modern Greek Novel. Lexington Books. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7391-0357-9.

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