summoning him from Sebasteia of the Armenians, he installs him on the throne in place of Eudoxius, for Eudoxius had already taken possession of Constantinople. But Meletius, at first, courting the favor of the emperor, pretended to hold the heteroousion and subscribed to the tome of the Westerns; but having taken charge of the throne of Antioch, he was a fervent champion of the homoousion. Acacius also ordains Pelagius in Laodicea; and simply, wherever power followed, he gave his counsel for the best, to install in place of the expelled those who honored the homoousion without pretext. 5.2 That, he says, when the emperor learned from Acacius that Aetius was deemed worthy of the greatest kindness by Auxentius the bishop of Mopsuestia, he orders him to be banished to Amblada, to end his life miserably there on account of the barbarity and misanthropy of the inhabitants. And when an unbearable drought and plague held the country, as this impious man falsely states, Aetius, having propitiated the divinity, both put an end to the calamities and received much goodwill and reverence from the inhabitants. 5.3 That, when Eustathius and Eusebius and Eleusius were deposed, Maris and Eudoxius and their followers, with the consent of Constantius, ordain Eunomius bishop of Cyzicus, he not otherwise enduring the ordination, unless he received promises from them that Aetius would be acquitted both of his exile and of his deposition; and the period of the time limit was set at three months. 5.4 That, he says, Constantius, being accustomed to prevail over his enemies, after he had stained his right hand with kindred gore and had exiled Theophilus, Aetius, and Serras, being persuaded by the slanders of Basil, when he engaged with the Persians, he suffered the worse. 5.5 That this impious man says that Meletius of Antioch was sent into exile by Constantius, who was also staying in Antioch, to his own native city of Melitene, as one convicted of perjuries and because, while extravagantly holding the homoousion, he feigned the heteroousion. And he summons from Alexandria Euzoius, the fellow-heretic of Arius, and having ordered the bishops to lay hands on him, he installs him as bishop of Antioch. 6.t FROM THE SIXTH HISTORY 6.1 That some of the clergy of Cyzicus slander Eunomius to Eudoxius as introducing the Son as unlike the Father, transforming 'not like in substance' into an accusation of unlikeness of the Father to the Son; and that he was changing ancient customs, and harassing those unwilling to share in his impiety. On account of these things, a disturbance held the church of the Constantinopolitans, which a certain presbyter in it, Hesychius by name, was deliberately stirring up. Wherefore Eudoxius has Eunomius summoned. But when he arrived, he accused Eudoxius of slowness and neglect of what had been promised; but the other pretended that he would not have neglected these things, but that it was necessary first to resolve the strife that had arisen concerning him. Thereupon Eunomius, standing in his defense before the clergy of Constantinople, so won over those who were previously causing a disturbance, that they not only changed to the opposite opinion, but also became fervent witnesses of his piety. For not only was he seen to in no way dogmatize in his public speeches that the Son is unlike the Father, but indeed he was bold to proclaim him like according to the scriptures. However, he did not accept 'like according to substance,' saying it was equally blasphemous to say the Son is like the Father in substance and not to think him most like according to the reasonings befitting the only-begotten God in relation to the Father who begot him impassibly. And not only did he so dispose the clergy, but also the entire assembled church, discoursing on the same things, he drew into great and sweet admiration for both his wisdom and piety. From which Eudoxius, being greatly amazed, cried out: «20this is my defense to those who question me20», and he raised a clap from the multitude, as one who had spoken the sacred utterance well and at the right time. 6.2 That this impious man, Eunomius the God-hated, by the commission of Eudoxius

Σεβαστείας τῶν Ἀρμενίων μεταπεμψάμενος ἀντὶ Εὐδοξίου τῷ θρόνῳ ἐγκαθιδρύει, ἤδη γὰρ Εὐδόξιος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπέβαινεν. ὁ δὲ Μελέτιος τὰ μὲν πρῶτα τῇ τοῦ βασιλέως ῥοπῇ θεραπεύων τὸ ἑτεροούσιον ὑπεκρίνετο καὶ τῷ τόμῳ τῶν Ἑσπερίων ὑπέγραψεν· τοῦ δὲ τῆς Ἀντιοχείας ἐπάρξας θρόνου, θερμὸς ἦν τοῦ ὁμοουσίου ὑπέρμαχος. χειροτονεῖ δὲ καὶ Πελάγιον ὁ Ἀκάκιος ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ· καὶ ἁπλῶς, ἔνθα ἂν ἡ δύναμις εἵπετο, τὴν βουλὴν ἐδίδου κατὰ τὸ κράτιστον ἀντὶ τῶν ἐξελασθέντων τοὺς τὸ ὁμοούσιον εἰς τὸ ἀπροφάσιστον τιμῶντας ἐγκαθιστάναι. 5.2 Ὅτι, φησίν, μαθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς παρὰ Ἀκακίου ὡς ὁ Ἀέτιοςὑπὸ Αὐξεντίου τοῦ Μοψουεστίας ἐπισκόπου ἐς τὰ μάλιστα φιλοφροσύνης ἀξιοῦται, εἰς Ἄμβλαδα τοῦτον μεθορισθῆναι παρακελεύεται, ἐκεῖ κακῶς ἀπορρῆξαι τὸν βίον διὰ τὸ βάρβαρον καὶ μισάνθρωπον τῶν ἐνοικούντων. αὐχμοῦ δὲ καὶ λοιμοῦ τὴν χώραν ἔχοντος ἀνυποστάτου, ὡς οὗτος ὁ δυσσεβὴς ψευδολογεῖ, τὸν Ἀέτιον ἐξιλεωσάμενον τὸ θεῖον λῦσαι μὲν τὰ δεινά, παμπόλλης δὲ τυχεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων εὐνοίας τε καὶ σεβασμιότητος. 5.3 Ὅτι, τῶν περὶ Εὐστάθιον καὶ Εὐσέβιον καὶ Ἐλεύσιον καθαιρεθέντων, οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Μάριν καὶ Εὐδόξιον γνώμῃ Κωνσταντίου τῆς Κυζίκου τὸν Εὐνόμιον ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονοῦσιν, οὐκ ἄλλως ἐκείνου τὴν χειροτονίαν ἀνασχομένου, εἰ μὴ παρ' αὐτῶν ὑποσχέσεις λάβοι τὸν Ἀέτιον καὶ τῆς ὑπερορίας καὶ τῆς καθαιρέσεως ἀθωωθῆναι· καὶ χρόνος ἦν ὁ τῆς προθεσμίας εἰς τρεῖς ἀπαρτιζόμενος μῆνας. 5.4 Ὅτι, φησίν, εἰωθὼς Κωνστάντιος τῶν πολεμίων κρατεῖν, ἐπειδὴ ὁμογνίῳ λύθρῳ τὴν δεξιὰν ἐξεμίανεν καὶ τοὺς ἀμφὶ Θεόφιλον καὶ Ἀέτιον καὶ Σέρραν, διαβολαῖς ἀναπεισθεὶς Βασιλείου, ὑπερορίους ἐποιήσατο, πρὸς Πέρσας συμπλακεὶς τὸ ἧττον ἤνεγκεν. 5.5 Ὅτι φησὶν οὗτος ὁ δυσσεβὴς τὸν Ἀντιοχείας Μελέτιον ὑπὸ τοῦ Κωνσταντίου καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ διατρίβοντος ὑπερόριον εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδα τὴν Μελιτινὴν ἐκπεμφθῆναι, ὡς ἐπιορκίαις ἁλόντα καὶ ὅτι, τὸ ὁμοούσιον πρεσβεύων ἐκτόπως, τὸ ἑτεροούσιον κατεσχηματίζετο. μεταπέμπεται δὲ ἐξ Ἀλεξανδρείας τὸν συναιρεσιώτην Ἀρείου Εὐζώϊον καὶ τούτῳ χεῖρας ἐπιθεῖναι τοὺς ἐπισκόπους κελεύσας, ἐπίσκοπον Ἀντιοχείας ἀποκαθίστησιν. 6.τ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΤΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ 6.1 Ὅτι τὸν Εὐνόμιόν τινες τῶν ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ Κυζίκου Εὐδοξίῳ διαβάλλουσιν ὡς ἀνόμοιον τῷ πατρὶ τὸν υἱὸν εἰσηγούμενον, τὸ μὴ κατ' οὐσίαν ὅμοιον εἰς κατηγορίαν ἀνομοιότητος πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν μετασκευάζοντες· καὶ τὰ παλαιὰ δὲ μετακινεῖν ἔθη, καὶ τοὺς μὴ συνασεβεῖν ἐθέλοντας διασκευάζειν. ἐπὶ τούτοις θόρυβος τὴν Κωνσταντινουπολιτῶν ἐκκλησίαν εἶχεν, ἀνακινοῦντος αὐτὴν ἐπίτηδές τινος τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ πρεσβυτέρου, Ἡσυχίου τοὔνομα. διὸ μετάπεμπτον ὁ Εὐδόξιος τὸν Εὐνόμιον ποιεῖται. παραγεγονὼς δὲ ὁ μὲν τῆς βραδυτῆτος καὶ ὀλιγωρίας τῶν ὑπεσχημένων τὸν Εὐδόξιον ᾐτιᾶτο· ὁ δὲ περὶ τούτων μὲν ὑπεκρίνατο μὴ ἂν ἀμελῆσαι, δεῖν δὲ πρὶν τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ γεγενημένην διαλῦσαι στάσιν. ἐντεῦθεν εἰς ἀπολογίαν ὁ Εὐνόμιος τῷ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως κλήρῳ καταστάς, οὕτω τοὺς πρὶν θορυβοῦντας εἷλεν, ὡς μὴ μόνον εἰς τὴν ἐναντίαν μεταστῆσαι δόξαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μάρτυρας αὐτοῦ θερμοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας γενέσθαι. καὶ γὰρ ἀνόμοιον τῷ πατρὶ τὸν υἱὸν οὐ μόνον οὐδαμῶς ἐν οἷς ἐδημηγόρησε δογματίζειν ἐφωράθη, ἀλλά γε καὶ ὅμοιον κατὰ τὰς γραφὰς ἀνακηρύττειν ἐπαρρησιάζετο. τὸ μέντοι ὅμοιον κατὰ τὴν οὐσίαν οὐ προσίετο, ἴσον εἰς βλασφημίαν λέγων εἶναι ὅμοιον κατ' οὐσίαν λέγειν τῷ πατρὶ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ μὴ ὁμοιότατον φρονεῖν κατὰ τοὺς μονογενεῖ θεῷ πρὸς τὸν ἀπαθῶς γεγεννηκότα πατέρα προσήκοντας λόγους. οὐ μόνον δὲ τὸν κλῆρον οὕτως διέθηκεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνδημον ὅλην ἐκκλησίαν, τὰ αὐτὰ διαλεχθείς, εἰς μέγα καὶ γλυκὺ θαῦμα καὶ σοφίας καὶ εὐσεβείας εἱλκύσατο. ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸν Εὐδόξιον ὑπεραγασθέντα ἀναβοῆσαι· «20ἡ ἐμὴ ἀπολογία τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀνακρίνουσιν αὕτη ἐστίν20», καὶ κρότον ἀγεῖραι τῷ πλήθει, ὡς εὖ καὶ κατὰ καιρὸν τὴν ἱερὰν ἀνειπόντος χρῆσιν. 6.2 Ὅτι ὁ δυσσεβὴς οὗτος Εὐνόμιον τὸν θεοστυγῆ κατ' ἐπιτροπὴν Εὐδοξίου