[583] Socrat. vi. 17. Sozom. viii. 19.
[584] Ep. ad Innoc. in Pallad. Dial. p. 10.
[585] As distinguished from the Forum of Constantine, which was elliptical in shape.
[586] Cod. Theod. vi. 102.
[587] The celebrated exordium of a homily supposed to be directed against Eudoxia—“Again Herodias rages, again she demands the head of John”—if actually spoken with reference to John the Baptist, may easily have been represented by the malevolent as aimed at the Empress. But the whole homily has been pronounced spurious by Savile and Montfaucon, and on perusal of it their verdict seems reasonable. The discourse is the production of a thorough misogynist, describing with much coarseness and acrimony the misery and trouble caused by the wickedness of women. Most will agree with Savile, that it is “scarcely worth reading, and quite unworthy emendation.”—Vol. viii. p. 485.
[588] Pallad. Dial. c. 9.
[589] Sozom. viii. 20. Socrat. vi. 18. Pallad. Dial. c. 9.
[590] Pallad. Dial. c. 9.
[591] Pallad. Dial. c. 9.
[592] Pallad. Dial. c. 9. Chrysostom (Ep. ad Innoc. vol. iii.) speaks of more than forty friendly bishops.