Georgios 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 711 (taq) / 711 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 2105 |
| Locations | Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity);
Genikos logothetes (office) |
| Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history);
Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Georgios 3, nicknamed Syros, was patrikios and genikos logothetes in 711: Theoph. AM 6203 (Γεώργιον τὸν πατρίκιον, τὸν ἐπίκλην Σύρον, καὶ γενικὸν λογοθέτην), Nic. Brev. de Boor 45, Mango 45:38 (Γεώργιον τὸν πατρίκιον). In that year he was sent to Cherson with Ioannes 8 and Christophoros 2 by the emperor Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1) to restore Toudounos 1 and Zoilos 1, to send a message of apology to the khagan of the Khazars (Anonymus 176) and to bring back Elias 1 and Bardanes (i.e. Philippikos 1): Theoph. AM 6203, Nic. Brev. de Boor 45, Mango 45. In Cherson he and his fellow-officers (τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἄρχοντας: Nic. Brev. de Boor 46, Mango 45:44) were admitted into the city, but the gates were then closed and he and Ioannes 8 were killed: Nic. Brev. de Boor 46, Mango 45, Theoph. AM 6203 (τὸν μὲν γενικὸν λογοθέτην).
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