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The '''''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn''''' ({{langx|el|{{lang|grc|λογοθέτης τῶν οἰκειακῶν}}}}), originally the '''''epi tōn oikeiakōn''''' ({{lang|grc|ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκειακῶν}}) was a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] official with varying duties.

The ''oikeiakoi'' (from {{lang|grc|οἰκειακός}}, "belonging to the household") were a class of senior imperial household officials attested in the 9th and 10th centuries. The position of a head of this class (''epi tōn oikeiakōn'' means "in charge of the ''oikeiakoi''") appeared possibly in the 10th century, based on sigillographic evidence, or at any rate before circa 1030.{{sfn|ODB|loc="Oikeiakos" (A. Kazhdan), p. 1515}} His exact functions are unclear: [[Rodolphe Guilland]] considered him the successor of the ''[[epi tou eidikou]]'' as the head of the imperial private treasury,{{sfn|Guilland|1971|pp=95–96}} while [[Nicolas Oikonomides]] thought that he administered the Byzantine emperor's private domains. The post was often combined with other positions, and fulfilled a range of judicial and fiscal duties. In the [[Palaiologan period]], it became the ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'', who exercised mainly diplomatic and judicial duties.{{sfn|ODB|loc="Oikeiakos" (A. Kazhdan), p. 1515}} According to the ''Book of Offices'' of [[pseudo-Kodinos]], compiled around the middle of the 14th century, the ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'' occupied the 39th place in the imperial hierarchy, between the ''[[praetor|praitōr tou dēmou]]'' and the ''[[megas logariastes|megas logariastēs]]'',{{sfn|Verpeaux|1966|p=138}} but held no official function.{{sfn|Verpeaux|1966|p=182}} His court uniform consisted of a [[turban]] (''phakeōlis'') and an overcoat called ''epilourikon''.{{sfn|Verpeaux|1966|p=161}}

==See also==
*[[Protovestiarios]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite journal|last=Guilland|first=Rodolphe|authorlink=Rodolphe Guilland|title=Les Logothètes: Etudes sur l'histoire administrative de l'Empire byzantin|trans-title=The Logothetes: Studies on the Administrative History of the Byzantine Empire|journal=Revue des études byzantines|volume=29|year=1971|pages=5–115|doi=10.3406/rebyz.1971.1441|url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/rebyz_0766-5598_1971_num_29_1_1441|language=fr}}
* {{Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium|ref={{harvid|ODB}}}}
* {{cite book | editor-first = Jean | editor-last = Verpeaux | title = Pseudo-Kodinos, Traité des Offices | publisher = Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | year = 1966 | language = fr}}

{{Byzantine offices after pseudo-Kodinos}}

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