Note 9 — PHOTIUS BIBLIOTHECA OR MYRIOBIBLON[6]
John Henry Freese translation
πρεσβεία cannot mean “senate,” as Schott renders it (senatus), but is probably “the body constituting the embassy,” a number of others nominated for the mission, to whom Photius was persona grata, and who expressed a wish that he should accompany them. This explanation is due to the kindness of Professor J. B. Bury.