 Complete the following phrase:  Daphnopates first appears in the sources in the mid-920s, having apparently entered the service of the imperial court shortly before. In 9245, Daphnopates composed three replies of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos r. 920944, to letters by Tsar Symeon I of Bulgaria. In these letters, Romanos I criticized Symeon as rapacious and warlike, while trying to move him to accept a peace bringing an end to the 