Mystra was located in the hills overlooking the ancient ruins of Sparta, was the centre of a major revival in Greek literature at the time, and was the home of Gemistus Pletho.
Hermonymus first went to Milan, where he worked as a copyist and then to Paris as there was a great need for a Greek teacher and translator at the time.
Hermonymus arrived at Paris in 1476, worked as a copyist at the French court.
Later, as a lecturer at the Sorbonne he took advantage of the vast collection of ancient Greek books in the libraries of Paris to start his scholarly activities.
He became renowned as a teacher of Greek and among his pupils were Erasmus, Budaeus, Reuchlin, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples[1] and Beatus Rhenanus.