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The accepted spelling seems to be Comnenus, which I found out too late. Could the page be renamed? -- Yak 17:49, Mar 11, 2004 (UTC) or even better Isaac of Cyprus, to avoid confusion with Emperor Isaac Comnenos -- Yak 22:46, Mar 11, 2004 (UTC)
I've added further information about his daughter. Andrew Dalby http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dalby/ 12:49, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
His daughter was probably named irini rather than the english irine. like eleni instead of helen of troy-- Slogankid 16:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
What does it mean in this clause: "He was son of an unnamed Doukas Kamateros" ? Jan1naD ( talk • contrib) 22:53, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
In the Third Crusade section, what exactly does "Isaac is recorded firing two arrows at Richard from horseback, which is notable because Byzantine horse archery is an obscure subject" mean? What is obscure in the byzantine horse archery? And what does this supposedly obscurity has to do anything with the incident? D1177 ( talk) 11:41, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
On the contrary, Byzantines made extended use of horse-archers. From Cataphracts to Hun and Turkish mercenaries, the use of horse-archers was anything but scarce as well as the records for its practice. See for example the "Strategikon" of emperor Maurice on the importance of a soldier's training in mounted archery and "Peri Paradromes" of Phokas on horse archery tactics. D1177 ( talk) 13:36, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
So, you agree that the phrase "which is notable because Byzantine horse archery is an obscure subject", is obscure itself, right? The confrontation between Isaac and Richard was actually an ambush. History books point to Ambroise of Normandy as a source, that Isaac with 700 men ambushed but failed to stop Richard on his way to Nicosia. D1177 ( talk) 12:53, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
This phrase makes no sense for an encyclopedia article. Half the sentence refers to the incident and the other half to the judgement of an author 1000 years later on how relevant was the weapon and the method used. Imagine having half the article on Lincoln's assassination dedicated on how contemporary or obscure or whatever was the weapon used by Booth.
I will try to locate the source from Ambroise of Normandy and I will edit this phrase to the following:
″ Isaac with 700 men tried to ambush Richard's forces while they were marching to capture Nicosia, but was unsuccessful to do so. During the skirmish, Isaac is recorded firing two arrows at Richard from horseback failing though to do any damage."
D1177 ( talk) 14:16, 25 October 2019 (UTC)