EUDOCIA See also:

• AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA (c. 401–c. 460)  , the wife of See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius II., See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, the daughter of the sophist See also:

• LEONTIUS

Leontius, from whom she received a thorough training in literature and See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric . Deprived of her small patrimony by her See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers' rapacity, she betook herself to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople to obtain redress at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . Her accomplishments attracted Theodosius' See also:

• SISTER

sister Pulcheria, who took her into her See also:

• RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)

retinue and destined her to be the emperor's wife . After receiving See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism and discarding her former name, Athenals, for that of Aelia Licinia Eudocia, she was married to Theodosius in 421; two years later, after the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of a daughter, she received the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta . The new empress repaid her brothers by making them consuls and prefects, and used her large See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence at court to protect pagans and' See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . In 438–439 she made an ostentatious See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, whence she brought back several See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics; during her stay at See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch she harangued the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate in Hellenic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and distributed funds for the repair of its buildings . On her return her position was undermined by the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of Pulcheria and the groundless suspicion of an intrigue with her protege See also:

• PAULINUS (d. 644)
• PAULINUS, GAIUS SUETONIUS (1st century A.D.)

Paulinus, the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the offices . After the latter's See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution (440) she retired to Jerusalem, where she was made responsible for the See also:

• MURDER

murder of an officer sent to kill two of her followers and stripped of her revenues . Nevertheless she retained See also:

• GREAT

great influence; although involved in the revolt of the Syrian See also:

• MONOPHYSITES (Gr. ,uovocva"erat)

monophysites (453), she was ultimately reconciled to Pulcheria and readmitted into the orthodox See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . She died at Jerusalem about 46o, after devoting her last years to literature . Among her See also:

• WORKS

works were a See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase of the Octateuch in hexameters, a paraphrase of the books of See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel and See also:

• ZECHARIAH

Zechariah, a poem on St See also:

• CYPRIAN, SAINT [Caecilius Cyprianus, called THASCIUS] (c. 200–258)

Cyprian and on her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian victories . A See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion See also:

• HISTORY

History compiled out of Homeric verses, which See also:

• ZONARAS, JOANNES (JOHN)

Zonaras attributed to Eudocia, is perhaps of different authorship .

See W . Wiegand, Eudokia (See also:

• WORMS

Worms, 1871) ; F . See also:

• GREGOROVIUS, FERDINAND (1821-1891)

Gregorovius, Athenais (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1892) ; C . Diehl, Figures byzantines (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1906), pp . 25-49; also THEODOSIUS . On her works cf . A . Ludwich, Eudociae Augustae carminum reliquiae (See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, 1893) . EU'DOCIA MACREMBOLITISSA (c . 1021-1096), daughter of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Macrembolites, was the wife of the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine emperor See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine X., and after his See also:

• DEATH

death (1067) of See also:

• ROMANUS

Romanus IV . She had sworn to her first husband on his deathbed not to marry again, and had even imprisoned and exiled Romanus, who was suspected of aspiring to the See also:

• THRONE

throne . Perceiving, however, that she was not able unaided to avert the invasions which threatened the eastern frontier of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, she revoked her See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath, married Romanus, and with his assistance dispelled the impending danger .

She did not live very happily with her new husband, who was warlike and self-willed, and when he was taken prisoner by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks (1071) she was compelled to vacate the throne in favour of her son See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael and retire to a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, where she died . The See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary of See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology entitled 'Lama (" Collection of Violets "), which formerly used to be ascribed to her, was not composed till 1543 (Constantine Palaeokappa) . See J . See also:

• FLACH, GEOFROI JACQUES (1846– )

Flach, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Kaiserin Eudokia Makrembolitissa (See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen, 1876) ; P . Patch, De Eudociae quod fertur Violario (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 188o) ; and in See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes,'xvii . (1882), p . 177 if .