GEORGE THE MONK (Georgios Monachos), called Hamartolos (Greek for "sinner") , Byzantine chronicler, lived during the reign of Michael III. (842-867). He wrote a Chronicle of events, in four books, from the creation of the world to the death of the emperor Theophilus (842), whose widow Theodora restored the worship of images in the same year. It is the only original contemporary authority for the years 813-842, and there fore so far indispensable ; the early parts of the work are merely a compilation. In the introduction the author declares that his only object was to relate with strict truth such things as were "useful and necessary." Far too much attention, however, is devoted to religious matters; the iconoclasts are fiercely attacked, and the work is full of theological discussions. The mss. give a continua tion down to 948, the author of which is indicated simply as "the logothete," by whom probably Symeon Metaphrastes (second half of the loth century) is meant. In this more attention is devoted to political history. Still further continuations of little value go down to 1143. The large circulation of the work and its sub sequent reissues, with alterations and interpolations, make it very difficult to arrive at the original text.