77. In this short view of the disgrace of Eudocia I have
imitated the caution of Evagrius (1. i. c. 21) and Count
Marcellinus (in Chron. A.D. 440 and 444 [p. 26]). The two
authentic dates assigned by the latter overturn a great part
of the Greek fictions; and the celebrated story of the
apple, etc., is fit only for the Arabian Nights, where
something not very unlike it may be found.