George Amiroutzes

George Amiroutzes was a Pontic Greek Renaissance scholar, philosopher and civil servant of the late Byzantine era. He was praised and respected for his outstanding knowledge, not only of theology and philosophy, but also of the natural sciences, medicine, rhetoric and poetry, all of which earned him the epithet the Philosopher. He is a controversial figure due to his role in the fall of Trebizond and his later behavior as a servant of Sultan Mehmed II.