Among other bishops of the period with whom Basil communicated by letter are Abramius, or Abraham, of Batnæ in Oshoene, Ep. cxxxii. the illustrious Athanasius, Epp. lxi., lxvi., lxvii., lxix., lxxx., lxxxii. and Ambrose, Ep. cxcvii. Athanasius of Ancyra; Ep. xxiv. Barses of Edessa, Epp. cclxiv., cclxvii. who died in exile in Egypt; Elpidius, Epp. ccli., ccv., ccvi. of some unknown see on the Levantine seaboard, who supported Basil in the controversy with Eustathius; the learned Epiphanius of Salamis; Ep. cclviii. Meletius, Epp. lvii., lxviii., lxxxix., cxx., cxxix., ccxvi. the exiled bishop of Antioch; Patrophilus of Ægæ; Epp. ccxliv., ccl. Petrus of Alexandria; Epp. cxxxiii., cclxvi. Theodotus of Nicopolis, Epp. cxxi., cxxx. and Ascholius of Thessalonica. Epp. cliv., clxiv., clxv.