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Chapter 8 "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople In the later 380s a young man left his home village in Cappadocia and traveled to Constantinople. Philostorgius was only following the lead of many young men from the Greek provinces who, in their late teens or early twenties, would go to a larger city such as Antioch, Alexandria, Athens, or Constantinople to continue their education and expand their personal contacts. From Cappadocia alone his predecessors in going off to study at the big city had included the future heresiarch Eunomius, the future emperor Julian, and of course Gregory of Nazianzus, his brother Caesarius, and Basil. In Cappadocia Philostorgius' familywas apparently not very prominent or distinguished. His grandfather Anysius had served as a priest at Borissus, a village located in a dead-end gorge near Nazianzus. Anysius' children had included four sons and a daughter named Eulampion. These siblings were contemporaries of Eunomius, Julian, and the Cappadocian Fathers, as well as of a doctor named Philostorgius. If this Philostorgius was a relative (as his name might suggest), then at least one member of the extended family had improved his reputation through familiarity with culture and science.' Another means for transforming a family's standing was a decision about theological doctrines. In this case the catalyst was Eulampion's marriage . In Cappadocia her family lived in the shadows of the nearby family of Gregory of Nazianzus, whose father was the local bishop, and of Basil, a prominent churchman at Caesarea. Although previously Eulampion's family had accepted Basil's trinitarian theology, her new husband, Carterius, supported the teachings of Eunomius and proceeded to convince his wife and her entire family to embrace his doctrinal preferences. During the 360s Eunomius had been collecting an impressive lineup of opponents who included the emperor Valens and the future metropolitan bishop Basil. Despite this revilement even in their homeland, this couple and their relatives opted to support Eunomius' doctrines. Carterius and Eulampion gave Chapter 8 ((IS R " awa arrot: Philostorgius at Constantinople In the later 380s a young man left his home village in Cappadocia and traveled to Constantinople. Philostorgius was only following the lead of many young men from the Greek provinces who, in their late teens or early twenties, would go to a larger city such as Antioch, Alexandria, Athens, or Constantinople to continue their education and expand their personal contacts. From Cappadocia alone his predecessors in going off to study at the big city had included the future heresiarch Eunomius, the future emperor Julian, and of course Gregory of Nazianzus, his brother Caesarius, and Basil. In Cappadocia Philostorgius' family was apparently not very prominent or distinguished. His grandfather Anysius had served as a priest at Borissus, a village located in a dead-end gorge near Nazianzus. Anysius' children had included four sons and a daughter named Eulampion. These siblings were contemporaries of Eunomius, Julian, and the Cappadocian Fathers, as well as of a doctor named Philostorgius. If this Philostorgius was a relative (as his name might suggest), then at least one member of the extended family had improved his reputation through familiarity with culture and science.I Another means for transforming a family's standing was a decision about theological doctrines. In this case the catalyst was Eulampion's marriage . In Cappadocia her family lived in the shadows of the nearby family of Gregory of Nazianzus, whose father was the local bishop, and of Basil, a prominent churchman at Caesarea. Although previously Eulampion's family had accepted Basil's trinitarian theology, her new husband, Carterius, supported the teachings of Eunomius and proceeded to convince his wife and her entire family to embrace his doctrinal preferences. During the 360s Eunomius had been collecting an impressive lineup of opponents who included the emperor Valens and the future metropolitan bishop Basil. Despite this revilement even in their homeland, this couple and their relatives opted to support Eunomius' doctrines. Carterius and Eulampion gave 158 The Li$e to Come their son the delightful name of Philostorgius, "fond of affection." Because Philostorgius seems to have been raised as a living memorial to Eunomius and his teachings, it is no surprise that the most memorable moment from his years in Cappadocia was a visit to his aged hero himself, then living in exile near Cae~area.~ Already in Cappadocia Philostorgius began to acquire a comprehensive education in Greek literature, philosophy, astronomy, cosmography, and medicine. This familiarity with classical culture seems never to have interfered with his Christian beliefs, however...

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