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eloquently. And when the same Pulcheria saw that she was comely and eloquent, she asked her aunts if she was a virgin. And she was taught by them that she was a pure virgin, kept so by her father, who was a philosopher in Greece, and raised with many philosophical discourses. And having ordered her, along with her aunts, to be guarded by chamberlains and to wait, having taken, it is said, the petition from her, she went in to her own brother the emperor Theodosius and said to him that I have found a very beautiful, pure, well-dressed, eloquent, Greek, vir 355 gin, the daughter of a philosopher. And he, upon hearing this, being rather young, was inflamed; and summoning his agent and friend Paulinus, he asked his sister, as if for some other reason, to bring Athenais, who is also Eudocia, into her own chamber, so that he could see her through the curtain along with Paulinus. And she was brought in; and having seen her he fell in love with her, and Paulinus also marveled at her. And taking her and making her a Christian, for she was a Greek, and renaming her Eudocia, he took her as his wife, holding a royal wedding for her. And from her he had a daughter named Eudoxia. And when the brothers of the Augusta Eudocia heard that she was reigning, they fled in Greece, being afraid; and sending for them, she brought them from the city of Athens under pretext to Constantinople, and she made them officials, the emperor having promoted the one called Gesius to Praetorian Prefect of the nation of the Illyrians, and the other, Valerius, to Magister, with the same empress Eudocia, their sister, having said to them that, If you had not treated me badly, I would not have been forced to come and to reign. Therefore, you have granted me the kingdom from my birth; for my good fortune has made you unfortunate in my regard, not your opinion of me. And the emperor Theodosius also made Paulinus, as his friend 356 and the one who mediated the marriage and dined with them, advance through every rank; and after these things he promoted him to Magister; and he was exalted. And having boldness before the emperor Theodosius, as the groomsman, and before the Augusta Eudocia, the same Paulinus, as Magister, frequently went in to them. And the same emperor Theodosius sent to Rome Aspar the patrician with a great military force against John the tyrant. And Aspar conquered the same John, and drove him from the rule of Rome, and killed him. And the emperor Theodosius made Valentinian the Younger emperor in Rome, the son of Placidia the Great and the emperor Constantius, his own relative. And he gave him in marriage his own daughter, whom he had from Augusta Eudocia, the daughter of the philosopher, named Eudoxia; from whom the same Valentinian had two daughters, Eudocia and Placidia. And it happened after a time, as the emperor Theodosius was proceeding to the church for the holy Theophany, that the Magister Paulinus, being afflicted in his foot, remained behind and made an excuse. And a certain poor man brought to the same emperor Theodosius a Phrygian apple of very great size, beyond all exaggeration. And the emperor and his whole senate were astonished; and immediately the emperor, having given the one who brought the apple one hundred fifty 357 coins, sent it to the Augusta Eudocia; and the Augusta sent it to Paulinus the Magister, as a friend of the emperor; and Paulinus the Magister, not knowing that the emperor had sent it to the Augusta, took it and sent it to the emperor Theodosius, as he was entering the palace. And receiving it, the emperor recognized it and concealed it; and summoning the Augusta, he questioned her, saying, Where is the apple that I sent to you? And she said that I ate it. And he made her swear by his salvation whether she ate it or sent it to someone. And

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ἐλλογίμως. καὶ ἑωρακυῖα αὐτὴν ἡ αὐτὴ Πουλχερία εὐπρεπῆ καὶ ἐλλόγιμον, ἐπηρώτησε τὰς αὐτῆς θείας εἰ ἐστὶ παρθένος. καὶ ἐδιδάχθη παρ' αὐτῶν ὅτι παρθένος ἐστὶν ἁγνὴ φυλαχθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτῆς πατρός, φιλοσόφου γεναμένου ἐν Ἑλλάδι, καὶ διὰ λόγων πολλῶν φιλοσοφίας ἀναχθεῖσα. καὶ κελεύσασα αὐτὴν ἅμα ταῖς αὐταῖς θείαις διὰ κουβικουλαρίων φυλαχθῆναι καὶ περιμεῖναι, λαβοῦσα, φησί, τὴν δέησιν παρ' αὐτῆς εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον αὐτῆς ἀδελφὸν τὸν βασιλέα Θεοδόσιον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι Ηὗρον νεωτέραν πάνυ εὔμορφον, καθαρίαν, εὔστολον, ἐλλόγιμον, Ἑλλαδικήν, παρ 355 θένον, θυγατέρα φιλοσόφου. ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας, ὡς νεώτερος, ἀνήφθη· καὶ μεταστειλάμενος τὸν συμπράκτορα αὐτοῦ καὶ φίλον Παυλῖνον ᾔτησε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφὴν ὡς ἐπ' ἄλλῳ τινὶ εἰσαγαγεῖν τὴν Ἀθηναΐδα τὴν καὶ Εὐδοκίαν ἐν τῷ αὑτῆς κουβικλείῳ, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ βήλου θεάσηται αὐτὴν ἅμα Παυλίνῳ. καὶ εἰσήχθη· καὶ ἑωρακὼς αὐτὴν ἠράσθη αὐτῆς, καὶ Παυλίνου δὲ θαυμάσαντος αὐτήν. καὶ κρατήσας αὐτὴν καὶ χριστιανὴν ποιήσας, ἦν γὰρ Ἕλλην, καὶ μετονομάσας αὐτὴν Εὐδοκίαν, ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν εἰς γυναῖκα, ποιήσας αὐτῇ βασιλικοὺς γάμους. καὶ ἔσχεν ἐξ αὐτῆς θυγατέρα ὀνόματι Εὐδοξίαν. Ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ τῆς Αὐγούστας Εὐδοκίας ἀδελφοὶ ὅτι βασιλεύει, προσέφυγον ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι φοβηθέντες· καὶ πέμψασα ἤνεγκεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ἀθηνῶν ὑπὸ λόγον ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀξιωματικούς, προαγαγόντος αὐτοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως τὸν μὲν λεγόμενον Γέσιον ἔπαρχον πραιτωρίων τοῦ Ἰλλυριῶν ἔθνους, τὸν δὲ Οὐαλέριον μάγιστρον, εἰρηκυίας αὐτοῖς τῆς αὐτῆς βασιλίσσης Εὐδοκίας, ἀδελφῆς αὐτῶν, ὅτι Εἰ μὴ ὑμεῖς κακῶς ἐχρήσασθέ μοι, οὐκ ἠναγκαζόμην ἐλθεῖν καὶ βασιλεῦσαι. τὴν οὖν ἐκ τῆς γενέσεώς μου βασιλείαν ὑμεῖς μοι ἐχαρίσασθε· ἡ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἀγαθὴ τύχη ἐποίησεν ὑμᾶς ἀτυχεῖς εἰς ἐμέ, οὐχὶ ἡ ὑμετέρα πρὸς ἐμὲ γνώμη. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος καὶ Παυλῖνον, ὡς φίλον αὐτοῦ 356 καὶ μεσάσαντα τῷ γάμῳ καὶ συναριστοῦντα αὐτοῖς, ἐποίησε διὰ πάσης ἀξίας ἐλθεῖν· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα προηγάγετο αὐτὸν μάγιστρον· καὶ ηὐξήθη. ὡς ἔχων δὲ παῤῥησίαν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Θεοδόσιον, ὡς παράνυμφος, καὶ πρὸς τὴν Αὔγουσταν Εὐδοκίαν εἰσῄει συχνῶς ὁ αὐτὸς Παυλῖνος, ὡς μάγιστρος. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Θεοδόσιος βασιλεὺς ἔπεμψεν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ Ἄσπαρα τὸν πατρίκιον μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς στρατοῦ κατὰ Ἰωάννου τοῦ τυράννου. καὶ ἐνίκησε τὸν αὐτὸν Ἰωάννην ὁ Ἄσπαρ, καὶ ἐξέβαλεν αὐτὸν τῆς βασιλείας Ῥώμης, καὶ ἐφόνευσεν αὐτόν. καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος βασιλέα ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ Βαλεντινιανὸν τὸν μικρόν, τὸν υἱὸν Πλακιδίας τῆς μεγάλης καὶ Κωνσταντίου βασιλέως, τὸν ἴδιον αὐτοῦ συγγενέα. καὶ ἐκδίδωσιν αὐτῷ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα, ἣν εἶχεν ἀπὸ Εὐδοκίας Αὐγούστας, θυγατρὸς τοῦ φιλοσόφου, ὀνόματι Εὐδοξίαν· ἀφ' ἧς ἔσχεν ὁ αὐτὸς Βαλεντινιανὸς θυγατέρας δύο Εὐδοκίαν καὶ Πλακιδίαν. Συνέβη δὲ μετὰ χρόνον ἐν τῷ προϊέναι τὸν βασιλέα Θεοδόσιον εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις θεοφανίοις τὸν μάγιστρον Παυλῖνον ἀηδισθέντα ἐκ τοῦ ποδὸς ἀπρόϊτον μεῖναι καὶ ἐκκουσσεῦσαι. προσήνεγκε δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ Θεοδοσίῳ βασιλεῖ πένης τις μῆλον Φρυγιατικὸν παμμέγεθες πολὺ εἰς πᾶσαν ὑπερβολήν. καὶ ἐξενίσθη ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ πᾶσα ἡ σύγκλητος αὐτοῦ· καὶ εὐθέως ὁ βασιλεύς, δεδωκὼς τῷ προσαγαγόντι τὸ μῆλον νομίσμα 357 τα ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα, ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸ τῇ Αὐγούστῃ Εὐδοκίᾳ· καὶ ἡ Αὔγουστα ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸ Παυλίνῳ μαγίστρῳ, ὡς φίλῳ τοῦ βασιλέως· ὁ δὲ μάγιστρος Παυλῖνος, ἀγνοῶν ὅτι ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸ τῇ Αὐγούστῃ, λαβὼν ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸ τῷ βασιλεῖ Θεοδοσίῳ, ὡς εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὸ παλάτιον. καὶ δεξάμενος αὐτὸ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐγνώρισεν αὐτὸ καὶ ἀπέκρυψεν αὐτό· καὶ καλέσας τὴν Αὔγουσταν ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτήν, λέγων, Ποῦ ἐστι τὸ μῆλον ὃ ἔπεμψά σοι; ἡ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι ἔφαγον αὐτό. καὶ ὥρκωσεν αὐτὴν κατὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ σωτηρίας εἰ ἔφαγεν αὐτὸ ἤ τινι αὐτὸ ἔπεμψε. καὶ