Athenais (Ἀθηναΐς) is the Greek name meaning "of Athena." Athenais (c. 401-460 CE) was the Athenian pagan philosopher's daughter who became Byzantine Empress Aelia Eudokia, wife of Theodosius II — a poet and patron of learning, she wrote Greek epic poetry of considerable merit.
One of the most learned of all Byzantine empresses.
Athenais reduces to three — the number of Byzantine empress.