EURYDICE

(cla ical myth.), @ of Nereus, and wife of Orpheus. brated A then i an general who performed distinguished service in Peloponnesian War; killed off Syracuse. Eng. poet and clergyman; made poet laureate 1718; referred to in Pope’s Dunciad. the first four cent’s. A.D. a common name of churchmen, many of whom have been canonised. ecclesiastical historian; bp. of Caesarea, and one of the greatest Christian scholars and most prolific writers of his age. His Ecclesiastical History which traces the history of the Christian Church from the beginning to the triumph of Const an tine, was written c. 326. His Life of Const an tine carries on the story several years later. Amongst his other surviving works are his Preparation of the Gospel and Demonstration of the Gospel, defences against paganism and Judaism, His Ecclesiastical History incorporates many valuable fragments from earlier writers now lost, and his Onomasticon deals with the topography of Palestine. Some works survive only in \fragments, or in Latin, Syriac, and Armenian versions. gian, pupil of Eusebius of Caesarea; very learned and a student of astronomy.