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he asked where the apple sent to her was. But she said she had eaten it, 111 fearing lest her husband should suspect what he already suspected. He then asked more insistently; but she again swore with an oath that she had eaten the apple. The emperor, full of anger, brought it out. And she was caught red-handed not telling the truth; and his suspicions were confirmed. And from this Paulinus was killed on a false suspicion, and Eudocia was hated. And she asked to go to Jerusalem; where, having gone with great wealth, she both built churches and gave much to the poor and to the monasteries there. From there she returned, and again after her husband's death she went there and there she died. What she was like with regard to literature is shown by the so-called Homerocentra. For when a certain Patricius had attempted the work, but left it unfinished and, so to speak, disorganized, she both brought it to completion and organized it, as the inscription made by her for the work in heroic verses shows to those who encounter it. And the emperor Theodosius died, having reached the age of fifty and having reigned for almost all the years of his life, a very 112 few with his father, and the rest by himself. As for the cause of his death, some say it was an illness, but others have related that while he was hunting his horse fell and that, having injured vital parts, he died a short time later. He was not unversed in logical education, but had also partaken of other mathematical books and had a taste of astronomy itself; he was trained to the utmost in riding and archery, and he was also skilled in painting and sculpture. Being gentle in character, he was mild in his handling of affairs; for which reason also the eunuchs who had power under him, Antiochus and after him Amantius and finally Chrysaphius, did many improper things. And in the times of this emperor, while Proclus the patriarch was leading a litany with the clergy and the greater part of the city's populace, suddenly a child was lifted into the air. And while the people were amazed and shouting for a very long time "Lord have mercy," the child was brought down again, saying that he had been instructed that one ought not to add to the Trisagion "who was crucified for us." 113 So Theodosius died; but Pulcheria, before the emperor's death was known to many, sent for Marcian, a man already old, but good in character and prudent, and she announces to him the emperor's death and says, "I have chosen you above all others to be emperor, if you would give me assurance to keep my virginity untouched, which I have dedicated to God." And when he agreed, she summoned the patriarch and the senate and proclaimed him and crowned him with the diadem. Now Marcian was neither one of the formerly distinguished nor of a brilliant family, but simply a soldier; who once, going on an expedition with his own regiment through the province of the Lycians, fell ill and was left behind by his comrades. Therefore, being entertained there by two brothers, one of whom was named Julius and the other Tatianus, and having recovered from his illness, he went out to hunt with his hosts. And while hunting, having become very weary, they lay down on the ground to rest, and they fell asleep around midday. But Tatianus, shaking 114 off sleep before the others, sees an eagle with outstretched wings overshadowing Marcian and taking away the burning heat from the sun's ray. Amazed, therefore, he gently woke his brother and showed him the strange sight; and he too was astonished. Both men therefore thought that what was done by the eagle to Marcian was a sign of kingship, and when he was awakened from sleep they foretold to him the kingship, and asked him to remember them when he should obtain the rule; and giving him two hundred coins they let him go. Again, therefore, campaigning with Aspar against the Vandals who had taken up war, having been captured as a prisoner with many others, he was being guarded in a certain court with his fellow prisoners. and from above

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ἠρώτησεν ὅποι τὸ σταλὲν αὐτῇ μῆλόν ἐστιν. ἡ δὲ φαγεῖν εἶπε τοῦτο, 111 δείσασα μὴ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὑποπτεύσῃ ὃ ἐκεῖνος ἤδη ὑπώπτευσεν. ὁ δ' ἔτι προσήρετο ἐπιτατικώτερον· ἡ δ' αὖθις μεθ' ὅρκου φαγεῖν τὸ μῆλον ἀπισχυρίζετο. ἐξάγει τοῦτο μεστὸς ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ὀργῆς. καὶ ἡ μὲν ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ ἑάλω μὴ ἀληθεύουσα· τῷ δὲ τὰ τῆς ὑπονοίας ἐστήρικτο. κἀντεῦθεν κτείνεται μὲν ὁ Παυλῖνος ἐξ ὑπονοίας ψευδοῦς, ἡ δ' Εὐδοκία μεμίσητο. καὶ ᾔτησεν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα· ἔνθα δὴ ἀπελθοῦσα σὺν πλούτῳ βαθεῖ ναούς τε ἐδείματο καὶ πολλὰ τοῖς πενομένοις καὶ τοῖς ἐκεῖ μοναστηρίοις δέδωκεν. ἐκεῖθεν δ' ἐπανελθοῦσα αὖθις μετὰ θάνατον τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἐκεῖσε ἀφίκετο κἀκεῖ τετελεύτηκεν. οἵα δὲ περὶ λόγους ἦν αὕτη δηλοῦσι τὰ λεγόμενα Ὁμηρόκεντρα. Πατρικίου γάρ τινος ἐπιχειρήσαντος τῷ σπουδάσματι, ἀτελὲς δὲ καταλιπόντος αὐτὸ καὶ οἷον εἰπεῖν ἀνοργάνωτον, ἐκείνη καὶ εἰς τέλος ἤγαγε καὶ ὠργάνωσεν, ὡς καὶ ἡ παρ' ἐκείνης διὰ στίχων ἡρωικῶν τῷ πονήματι γενομένη ἐπιγραφὴ τοῖς ταύτην ἐπιοῦσι παρίστησι. Θνήσκει δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος πεντηκοντούτης γενόμενος καὶ σχεδὸν ἅπαντας οὓς ἐβίω ἐνιαυτοὺς βασιλεύσας, βραχεῖς 112 μὲν πάνυ σὺν τῷ πατρί, τοὺς δ' ἄλλους καθ' ἑαυτόν. τὴν δ' αἰτίαν τῆς αὐτοῦ τελευτῆς οἱ μὲν νόσον γεγονέναι φασίν, οἱ δ' ἐν θήρᾳ οἱ ἐλαύνοντι συμπεσεῖν τὸν ἵππον ἱστόρησαν καὶ πληγέντων αὐτῷ καιρίων μερῶν μετ' ὀλίγον θανεῖν. ἦν δὲ λογικῆς παιδείας οὐκ ἀνομίλητος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων μετεσχηκὼς μαθηματικῶν βίβλων καὶ τῆς ἀστρονομίας αὐτῆς ἀπεγεύσατο· ἱππεύειν καὶ τοξεύειν εἰς ἄκρον ἤσκητο, καὶ πρὸς τὴν γραφικὴν δὲ καὶ τὴν πλαστικὴν δεξιῶς εἶχεν. ἐπιεικὴς δὲ τὸν τρόπον γενόμενος μαλθακῶς πρὸς μεταχείρισιν πραγμάτων διέκειτο· ὅθεν καὶ οἱ παρ' αὐτῷ δυνηθέντες ἐκτομίαι πολλὰ τῶν οὐ δεόντων εἰργάσαντο, ὁ Ἀντίοχος καὶ μετ' ἐκεῖνον Ἀμάντιος καὶ τελευταῖος Χρυσάφιος. Ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις δὲ τούτου τοῦ βασιλέως, Πρόκλου τοῦ πατριάρχου λιτανεύοντος σὺν τῷ κλήρῳ καὶ πλείστῳ μέρει τοῦ πλήθους τῆς πόλεως, ἄφνω παιδίον αἴρεται ἐναέριον. τοῦ δὲ λαοῦ θαμβουμένου καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον βοῶντος τὸ "Κύριε ἐλέησον," αὖθις κατάγεται τὸ παιδίον, λέγον μυηθῆναι μὴ δεῖν προστίθεσθαι τῷ Τρισαγίῳ τὸ "ὁ σταυρωθεὶς δι' ἡμᾶς." 113 Ὁ μὲν οὖν Θεοδόσιος τέθνηκε· Πουλχερία δὲ μήπω πολλοῖς γνωσθείσης τῆς τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος τελευτῆς τὸν Μαρκιανὸν μετεπέμψατο, ἄνδρα γηραιὸν ἤδη, χρηστὸν δὲ τοὺς τρόπους καὶ σώφρονα, καὶ ἀπαγγέλλει αὐτῷ τοῦ βασιλέως τὸν θάνατον καί φησιν ὡς "σὲ παρὰ πάντας εἰς βασιλέα προκέκρικα, εἴ μοι δῴης πληροφορίαν τηρῆσαί μου τὴν παρθενίαν ἀνέπαφον, ἣν τῷ θεῷ ἀνατέθεικα." τοῦ δὲ συνθεμένου μετακαλεῖται τὸν πατριάρχην καὶ τὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἀναγορεύει τοῦτον καὶ ταινιοῖ διαδήματι. Ἦν δὲ ὁ Μαρκιανὸς οὔτε τῶν ἐπιφανῶν πρῴην οὔτε τῶν ἐκ γένους λαμπροῦ, ἀλλὰ στρατιώτης ἁπλῶς· ὅς ποτε εἰς ἐκστρατείαν σὺν τῷ οἰκείῳ τάγματι ἀπιὼν κατὰ τὴν Λυκίων ἐπαρχίαν ἐνόσησε καὶ τῶν ὁμοταγῶν ἀπελείφθη. ξενισθεὶς οὖν ἐκεῖ παρά τισι δυσὶν ἀδελφοῖς, ὧν τῷ μὲν ἡ κλῆσις Ἰούλιος, τῷ δ' ἑτέρῳ Τατιανός, καὶ τῆς νόσου ῥαΐσας, θηρεύσων ἔξεισι σὺν τοῖς ξενισταῖς. ἐν δὲ τῷ θηρεύειν γεγονότες κατάκοποι κατὰ γῆς ἀνεκλίθησαν, ἑαυτοὺς ἀναπαύσοντες, καὶ ὕπνωσαν περὶ μεσημβρίαν. τὸν ὕπνον δὲ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ὁ Τατιανὸς ἀποτι114 ναξάμενος ἀετὸν ὁρᾷ διαπεπετασμέναις ταῖς πτέρυξι κατασκιάζοντα τὸν Μαρκιανὸν καὶ τὸν ἐκ τῆς ἡλιακῆς ἀκτῖνος ἀφαιρούμενον καύσωνα. θαυμάσας οὖν ἠρέμα διυπνίζει τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ τὸ καινὸν ὑποδείκνυσι· κἀκεῖνος οὖν ἐξεπέπληκτο. ἐδοξάτην οὖν καὶ ἄμφω τὼ ἄνδρε βασιλείας εἶναι σημαντικὸν τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀετοῦ γεγονὸς εἰς Μαρκιανόν, καὶ διεγερθέντι τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτῷ τὴν βασιλείαν προκαταγγέλλουσι, καὶ μεμνῆσθαι αὐτῶν ἀξιοῦσιν ὅτε τεύξεται τῆς ἀρχῆς· καὶ δόντες αὐτῷ νομίσματα διακόσια ἀπιέναι ἀφῆκαν. αὖθις οὖν σὺν Ἄσπαρι στρατευόμενος κατὰ Οὐανδήλων πόλεμον ἀραμένῳ, αἰχμάλωτος σὺν ἑτέροις πλείστοις ἑαλωκώς, ἐν αὐλῇ τινι μετὰ τῶν συναιχμαλώτων πεφρούρητο. ἄνωθεν δὲ