Note 111 Anna Comnena may boast of her Greek style Ancient Greek

and Zonaras her contemporary, but not her flatterer, may add with truth, Ancient Greek

The princess was conversant with the artful dialogues of Plato; and had studied the Ancient Greek

or quadrivium of astrology, geometry, arithmetic, and music, (see he preface to the Alexiad, with Ducange's notes)

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 53