4. Nicomediae ab Eusebio educatus Episcopo, luem genere
longius contingebat (Ammian. xxii. 3). Julian never
expresses any gratitude towards that Arian prelate; but he
celebrates his preceptor the eunuch Mardonius, and describes
his mode of education, which inspired his pupil with a
passionate admiration for the genius, and perhaps the
religion, of Homer. Misopogon, p. 351, 352.