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grbs-8521	Gregory, Timothy E.	The Remarkable Christmas Homily of Kyros Panopolites	1975	8	.pdf	application/pdf	3685	200	66	K yros, a poet of some repute, came to Constantinople from his native Egypt and used his literary ability and the patronage of the empress Eudokia to become praefectus urbi about 435 and praefectus praetorio by 439.2 He held both offices simultaneously for about four years, but his career was ruined when Theodosius II accused him of being a pagan, removed him from power, and confiscated his prop­ erty.a Whether paganism was really the issue is difficult to say, as 1 Two recent articles represent modern scholarship on Kyros: Alan Cameron, Wander­ ing Poets: A Literary Movement in Byzantine Egypt, Historia 14 (1965) 470-509, esp. Furthermore, K yros was a defender of the honor of the Virgin, something which must have counted for much at this time when veneration of Mary had become an important part of popular de­ votion.26 There is, indeed, evidence to identify Kyros, at other periods in his life, with the worship of the Virgin and the defense of her perpetual virginity.	cache/grbs-8521.pdf	txt/grbs-8521.txt