Zoe and Theodora part 78
187. It was not merely the exceptional beauty of the whole, composed as it was of most beautiful parts, but just as much the...
Zoe and Theodora part 15
I soon mastered the rhetoric enough to be able to distinguish the central theme of an argument and logically connect it with my main...
Zoe and Theodora part 31
77. I have seen this man myself, and I wondered at him, for nature had bestowed on him all the attributes of a man...
Zoe and Theodora part 47
112. The emperor, after he had recovered his self-composure, thought it would be disgraceful if he did not get together some soldiers to oppose...
Zoe and Theodora part 63
And when those who had been ordered to do so had loosed him from his chains, Constantine gently urged him to make his defence;...
Zoe and Theodora part 79
Many a time the emperor trusted me with secret despatches and ordered me to write them for him (he recognized my patriotism and my...
Zoe and Theodora part 16
From Proclus I intended to proceed to more advanced studies — metaphysics, with an introduction to pure science, — so I began with an...
Zoe and Theodora part 32
80. The envoys he sent out to him were intended neither to flatter, nor simply to smooth out his troubles and bring him back...
Zoe and Theodora part 64
150. When [he empress Theodora and his sister Euprepia, like the goddesses in the poem**132 expressed severe disapproval of these proceedings, and instead of...
Zoe and Theodora part 80
When they met me, each of them recognized in me something of a kindred spirit, and I, no less, saw mirrored in them my...
