[1236] Procopius, Anecdot., 17.
[1237] Ibid., 9.
[1238] Codinus, p. 104 (Anon. of Banduri). This information dates from the early part of the eleventh century, but must have been copied from some earlier document. It is in general agreement with Procopius, Anecdot., 9.
[1239] Socrates, iv, 28. The Novation purists made great headway there; ibid., ii, 30, etc.
[1240] Contiguous to the church of St. Panteleemon, which stood on the Propontis to the east of the Theodosian Port; see Notitia, reg. ix and Ducange sb. Homonoea. The suburban St. P. is said to be indicated by ruins still existing at the foot of the “Giant’s Grave,” on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus; see Gyllius, De Bosp., iii, 6; Procop., etc., Notitia, reg. ix; Ducange, sb. Homonoea; Procopius, De Aedific., i, 9.
[1241] Codinus, loc. cit.
[1242] Procopius, Anecdot., 9.
[1243] Ibid., 10. He allows that she was sufficiently well looking, but he also states that her countenance was disfigured by debauchery; ibid., 9. At a later date he praises her beauty as something almost superhuman, but this was intended for the eyes of the Court; De Aedific., i, 11.
[1244] In natural gifts she may have had some resemblance to Cleopatra; see Shakespeare’s presentation of the latter:
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale