Eustathius (died c. 1193)

Greek scholar. He first became a monk and afterwards a deacon and teacher of rhetoric in his native city. In 1160 he became archbishop of Thessalonica and subsequently of Myra. Eustathius was deeply versed in the ancient classical authors. His commentary on Homer is his chief work. Some of his letters and theological and historical treatises were first published by Tafel in 1832, and De capta Thessalonica, (an account of the taking of Thessalonica by the Normans in 1185, was published by I Bekker in 1842. Eustathius was born in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey).