Pothos Argyros

Who is Pothos Argyros?

Pothos Argyros was a Byzantine general active in the first half of the 10th century.

He was the son of the magistros Eustathios Argyros, Drungary of the Watch under Leo VI the Wise. In c. 910, Pothos and his brother Leo Argyros served under Leo VI as manglabites, when their father was poisoned after falling under Leo's suspicion. The two brothers brought their father's body for burial to their ancestral monastery of Saint Elizabeth in the Charsianon district.

Pothos and Leo both followed military careers. Ca. 921 Pothos was appointed to the post of Domestic of the Schools by Romanos I and sent to supervise the border with Bulgaria. Pothos participated in the disastrous Battle of Pegae in March 922 but survived. He is attested again in 958, holding the rank of patrikios and the post of Domestic of the Excubitors, when he defeated the Magyars in battle.