Career
When Aedesius was obliged to quit Cappadocia, Eustathius was left behind in his place. Eunapius, to whom alone we are indebted for our knowledge of Eustathius, declares that he was the best man and a great orator, whose speech in sweetness equalled the songs of the Sirens. His countrymen and friends who longed for his return, sent deputies to him, but he refused to come back to his country on account of certain signs and omens.
They had three sons, one of which, Antoninus, also became a philosopher.