Aelia Eudocia
401s –October 21, 460
Poet, Writer, Sovereign
- Born in
- Athens
- Passed away in
- Jerusalem
Aelia Eudocia Augusta (; Ancient Greek: Αἰλία Εὐδοκία Αὐγούστα; c. 400 – 460 AD), also called Saint Eudocia, was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450). The daughter of an Athenian philosopher, she was also a poet, whose works include Homerocentones, or Homeric retellings of Biblical stories. After an estrangement with Theodosius, she permanently settled in Jerusalem, where she supported the local population.
Notable works: Epic on the Persian war
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