impious pride, he drives out. From there, therefore, he reaches Cilicia; and one of the Borborians, having engaged with him in arguments on behalf of his own opinion, was reduced to utter defeat. At which despondency both possessed him and he considered life unbearable, seeing falsehood prevailing over truth. And as Aetius was in this state, a certain vision, as this man tells monstrous tales, appears to him, dispelling his despondency, showing by symbols the unassailable nature of the wisdom already given to him. And from that time it came to pass for Aetius that he was defeated by no one in disputes of words. For not long after, a certain Aphthonius, a leader of the Manichaean madness and who held a great reputation among many for his wisdom and skill in arguments, engages with him in Alexandria in Egypt. For Aetius had come to him from Antioch, drawn by the fame surrounding him. And when they entered into contest with one another, without even much refutation being spent, Aetius, having driven Aphthonius to speechlessness, brought him down from great glory to great shame. Wherefore, being heavily disheartened by the unexpectedness of his defeat, he both contracted a severe illness and the end of the illness was death, his body not lasting beyond seven days from the blow. And Aetius went through everything, striking down his opponents with force in arguments and claiming a brilliant victory. At that time he also took up medicine, so that he might be able to heal the diseases not only of souls, but also of bodies. Sopolis was his teacher in this subject, a man second to none in the art; and excelling in medicine, Aetius offered his treatment without a fee to those who needed it. And if ever he was in need of necessities, going to one of his fellow craftsmen at night, so that he would not be drawn away from more serious matters during the day, whatever part of the gold required a more skillful hand, working this very quickly, he would receive his wage from the fellow craftsman and sustained his own life. And these things were during those times of Constantius in which Theophilus also, having returned from the Indies, was living in Antioch. 3.16 That Aetius, he says, having entered into arguments concerning the homoousion with the circle of Basil of Ancyra and Eustathius of Sebasteia, and having refuted them as the most speechless of all men, as this man tells monstrous tales, incurred their implacable hatred. 3.17 That Leontius, he says, whom the preceding account showed to be both a presbyter and the teacher of Aetius, having been made bishop of Antioch, appoints his student to the diaconate, and permits him to teach the dogmas of the church in church. But he drew back from the work of the diaconate, yet undertook to teach; and having spent as much time as he thought would suffice for him for the transmission of the divine teachings, he goes again to Alexandria. For already in that city Athanasius was flowing copiously on behalf of the homoousion, and it was necessary for there to be one who would blow against him. 3.18 That he says Flavian and Paulinus, who also after this held the throne of Antioch, having divided it between them, deposed the said Leontius as indeed not being of the same opinion; and these were they who had followed Eustathius when he was led away to the border. who of the holy cares of Antioch, or rather of the whole of piety, endured that nothing should be corrupted by the times. 3.19 That when Secundus and Serras appointed Aetius to the episcopate, he himself, he says, did not accept, declaring that they did not minister purely because of their association with those who revere the homoousion. 3.20 That, he says, Eunomius, upon hearing of the wisdom of Aetius, having come to Antioch from Cappadocia, met with Secundus. And he introduced him to Aetius who was then staying in Alexandria; and they were together, the one teaching, and the other training with him in the sacred studies. 3.21 That this impious man says he composed a eulogy of Eunomius, not being ashamed. 3.22 That he says that Constans, on account of his zeal for Athanasius, lost his life under the tyranny of Magnentius. And when he had died and Constantius was in Edessa of

φρονήματος δυσσεβές, ἀπελαύνει. ἐκεῖθεν οὖν τὴν Κιλικίαν καταλαμβάνει· καί τις τῶν Βορβοριανῶν, λόγοις αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἰδίας δόξης συμπλακείς, εἰς ἐσχάτην κατέστησεν ἧτταν. ἐφ' ᾧ ἀθυμία τε αὐτὸν κατεῖχεν καὶ τὸ ζῆν οὐκ ἀνεκτὸν ἡγεῖτο, ὁρῶν τὸ ψεῦδος τῆς ἀληθείας ἐπικρατέστερον. οὕτω δὲ τῷ Ἀετίῳ διακειμένῳ ὀπτασία τις, ὡς οὗτος τερατολογεῖ, ἐφίσταται λύουσα τὴν ἀθυμίαν, συμβόλοις παρεχομένη τὸ ἀνανταγώνιστον τῆς ἤδη παρεχομένης αὐτῷ σοφίας. κἀκεῖθεν παραγεγόνει τῷ Ἀετίῳ τὸ μηδενὸς ἐν συμπλοκαῖς ἡττᾶσθαι λόγων. μετ' οὐ πολὺ γοῦν Ἀφθόνιός τις, τῆς Μανιχαίων λύσσης προεστὼς καὶ μεγάλην παρὰ πολλοῖς ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ καὶ δεινότητι λόγων φέρων τὴν δόξαν, ἐν τῇ κατ' Αἴγυπτον αὐτῷ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ συμπλέκεται. καὶ γὰρ ἧκε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξ Ἀντιοχείας ὁ Ἀέτιος, ὑπὸ τῆς περὶ αὐτὸν φήμης ἑλκόμενος. ὡς δ' εἰς ἅμιλλαν ἀλλήλοις κατέστησαν, οὐδὲ πολλῆς καταναλωθείσης διελέγξεως, εἰς ἀφωνίαν συνελάσας ὁ Ἀέτιος τὸν Ἀφθόνιον ἐκ μεγάλης δόξης εἰς μεγάλην αἰσχύνην κατήνεγκεν. διὸ καὶ τῷ ἀπροσδοκήτῳ βαρυθυμήσας τῆς ἥττης, νόσον τε ἐπεσπάσατο χαλεπὴν καὶ τῇ νόσῳ πέρας ὁ θάνατος ἦν οὐδὲ περαιτέρω τῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν διαρκέσαντος τοῦ σώματος ἀπὸ τῆς πληγῆς. Ἀέτιος δὲ διὰ πάντων ἐχώρει, τοῖς λόγοις τοὺς ἀντιπάλους κατὰ κράτος βάλλων καὶ τὴν νίκην λαμπρὰν ἀναδούμενος. Τότε δὲ καὶ τῆς ἰατρικῆς ἐξῆπτο, ὡς ἂν μὴ μόνον ψυχῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ σωμάτων ἔχοι τὰς νόσους ἰᾶσθαι. Σώπολις δ' ἦν αὐτῷ τοῦ μαθήματος ὁ διδάσκαλος, ἀνὴρ ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ μηδενὸς ἔχων τὰ δεύτερα· ἀριστεύων δὲ ἐν ἰατρικῇ ὁ Ἀέτιος ἄμισθον παρεῖχεν τοῖς δεομένοις τὴν θεραπείαν. εἰ δέ ποτε ἐδέησεν αὐτῷ τῶν ἀναγκαίων, παρά τινι τῶν ὁμοτέχνων νύκτωρ φοιτῶν, ἵνα μὴ δι' ἡμέρας ἀπάγοιτο τῶν σπουδαιοτέρων, ὅσον τοῦ χρυσίου τεχνικωτέρας ἐδεῖτο χειρός, τοῦτο δὴ ἄρα ἐξεργαζόμενος θᾶττον, παρὰ τοῦ ὁμοτέχνου τὸν μισθὸν ἐκομίζετο καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον συνεῖχε. ταῦτα δὲ κατ' ἐκείνους τοὺς καιροὺς Κωνσταντίου ἦν καθ' οὓς καὶ ὁ Θεόφιλος ἐκ τῶν Ἰνδῶν ἐπανελθὼν διῆγεν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ. 3.16 Ὅτι Ἀέτιος, φησί, τοῖς περὶ Βασίλειον τὸν Ἀγκύρας καὶ Εὐστάθιον τὸν Σεβαστείας εἰς τοὺς περὶ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου λόγους καταστάς, καὶ πάντων ἀνθρώπων αὐτοὺς διελέγξας ἀφωνοτάτους, ὡς οὗτος τερατολογεῖ, εἰς μῖσος αὐτοῖς ἄσπονδον κατέστη. 3.17 Ὅτι Λεόντιος, φησίν, ὃν ὁ ἔμπροσθεν λόγος πρεσβύτερόν τε καὶ διδάσκαλον Ἀετίου ὑπέδειξεν, ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας καταστάς, εἰς διακονίαν τὸν μαθητὴν προχειρίζεται, καὶ διδάσκειν ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ τὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐπιτρέπει δόγματα. ὁ δὲ πρὸς μὲν τὸ τῆς διακονίας ἔργον ὑπεστάλη, διδάσκειν δὲ ἀνεδέξατο· χρόνον δὲ διατρίψας ὅσον ἐνόμιζεν αὐτῷ εἰς τὴν τῶν θείων μαθημάτων ἐξαρκέσειν παράδοσιν, ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν αὖθις παραγίνεται. ἤδη γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ ὁ Ἀθανάσιος πολὺς ἦν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου ῥέων, καὶ ἐχρῆν εἶναι τὸν ἀντιπνέοντα. 3.18 Ὅτι φησὶ Φλαβιανὸν καὶ Παυλῖνον, οἳ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα τὸν Ἀντιοχείας θρόνον εἶχον διανειμάμενοι, τούτους τὸν εἰρημένον Λεόντιον ἅτε δὴ μὴ ὁμοδοξοῦντας καθελεῖν· οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν Εὐσταθίῳ συνακολουθήσαντες ἐς τὴν μεθόριον ἀπαγομένῳ. ὃς τῶν ἱερῶν τῆς Ἀντιοχείας φροντίδων, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς ὅλης εὐσεβείας, οὐδὲν ἠνέσχετο τοῖς καιροῖς συγκαπηλεύσασθαι. 3.19 Ὅτι Σεκούνδου καὶ Σέρρα εἰς ἐπισκοπὴν τὸν Ἀέτιον προχειριζομένων, αὐτός, φησίν, οὐκ ἠνέσχετο, μὴ καθαρῶς αὐτοὺς ἱερᾶσθαι διὰ τὴν ἐπιμιξίαν πρὸς τοὺς τὸ ὁμοούσιον θρησκεύοντας ἀποφαινόμενος. 3.20 Ὅτι, φησίν, Εὐνόμιος κατὰ πύστιν τῆς Ἀετίου σοφίας εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἐκ Καππαδοκίας ἀφικόμενος, τῷ Σεκούνδῳ συνέμιξεν. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ τότε τῷ Ἀετίῳ διατρίβοντι συνέστησεν· καὶ συνήστην ἄμφω, ὁ μὲν διδάσκων, ὁ δὲ τοῖς ἱεροῖς μαθήμασι συνασκούμενος. 3.21 Ὅτι Εὐνομίου φησὶν οὗτος ὁ δυσσεβής, οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενος, ἐγκώμιον ἀνατάξασθαι. 3.22 Ὅτι φησὶ τὸν Κώνσταντα διὰ τὴν ὑπὲρ Ἀθανασίου σπουδὴν ὑπὸ τυραννίδι τῇ Μαγνεντίου τὴν ζωὴν καταστρέψασθαι. τελευτήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ μὲν Κωνσταντίου κατὰ τὴν Ἔδεσαν τῆς