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Alexandra ((ギリシア語: Άλεξάνδρα), flourished 4th century) was a Greek noblewoman. Little is known on the origins and life of Alexandra. Alexandra was from the city of Antioch and her brother was a certain Calliopius〔Jones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', p.818〕 a rhetor who served as a ''grammaticus'' and assistant-teacher under Libanius, and later, ca. 388, served as a ''magister epistolarum'' in the imperial court.〔Jones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', p.175〕 Alexandra married a wealthy rhetor called Seleucus.〔Jones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', p.p.175&818〕 Alexandra bore Seleucus two known children: * Daughter Olympias, born in 361,〔Jones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', pp. 642-643〕 who later became a great Christian saint.〔Budge, ''Paradise of the Holy Fathers Part 1'', p.163〕 It is possible, however, that Olympias was the daughter of an otherwise unknown man named Seleucus.〔Jones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', p.818〕 * Either a son or daughter, who was a parent of Olympias and Seleucus〔Moret, ''Sertorius, Libanios, iconographie: a propos de Sertorius, journée d'étude, Toulouse, 7 avril 2000 (de ) autour de Libanios, culture et société dans l'antiquité tardive : actes de la table ronde, Avignon, 27 avril 2000'', p.207〕 Alexandra is known as one of the correspondents from the surviving letters of Libanius as her husband was an intimate friend of Libanius, Julian and Calliopius.〔''Selected Letter of Libanius: From the Age of Constantius and Julian''〕 She was an cultivated woman, in which Libanius highly praised and admired her.〔''Selected Letter of Libanius: From the Age of Constantius and Julian'', p.193〕 In 361 Alexandra remained in Antioch, while her husband was in Euphratensis, on imperial business〔''Selected Letter of Libanius: From the Age of Constantius and Julian'', p.193〕 on behalf of Constantius II and later Julian the Apostate. In 362, Alexandra accompanied Seleucus to Cilicia in Anatolia where Julian sent Seleucus there, as the emperor made him either high-priest or perhaps Roman governor in that province.〔Jones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395, Parts 260-395'', p.818〕 Libanius thanked Alexandra for slaves she sent to him as a gift, but bemoans the fact that they arrived without an accompanying letter.〔''Selected Letter of Libanius: From the Age of Constantius and Julian'', p.194〕 After this moment, no more is known of her. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexandra of Antioch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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