Eustathius
historical figure · 2 works · 15 mentions · 25 anchored passages
Eustathius, Bishop of Sebasteia · brother Eustathius the co-deacon · chief physician · the beloved Eustathius · the fellow deacon · the most reverend bishop Eustathius · the philosopher · your unsurpassable godliness
spoken of as
4 expressionsEustathius of Sebasteia2 mentions
Letters (Greek)
and at Sebasteia he sat for many days dividing men by class, naming as councillors those who are in communion with us, and condemning them to the service of public duties, while he surrounded those attached to Eustathius with the greatest honours.
Eustathius of Sebaste1 mention
Letters (Greek)
Therefore you are a partner of the man, and let his accusations become yours too.
Eustathius the co-deacon1 mention
Letters (Greek)
And now, had not my sins stood in my way — first our most reverend and beloved brother Eustathius the co-deacon, falling into a grievous sickness, kept me waiting two whole months, watching day by day for his recovery;
Eustathius, the court physician1 mention
Letters (Greek)
For neither do you physicians wish to cauterize the sick man or otherwise to cause him pain;
in the texts
Letters
The philosopher addressed in Letter 1, whom Basil sought across many countries.
and when at last, with countless toils, I had reached Syria, I found I could not be with the philosopher, for he had departed for Egypt.
To Eustathius the philosopher
I had already given up in the face of the assaults of what men call fortune, which has always thrown some obstacle in the way of my joining you; and now, in a way I find marvellous, you have recalled and consoled me by your letter. For indeed I had by now begun to turn the thought over within myself, wondering whether what most people are forever repeating might not be true: that there is some nec …
The Rights of War and Peace
Commentator on Homer cited for the etymology of the Greek word for promise/engagement.
Eustathius in his notes on the second book of the Iliad, assigns a similar origin to the word ὑποσΧεσεως or engagement.