這部文集包含尤利安的演說(shuō)辭第2《君士坦提烏斯的英雄事跡或論王權(quán)》(The Heroic Deeds of the Emperor Constantius or On Kingship)和第6《駁無(wú)教養(yǎng)的犬儒》(To the Uneducated Cynics)、諷刺作品《諸皇帝》(The Caesars)、兩篇演說(shuō)類(lèi)書(shū)信《致祭司》(A Letter to A Priest)和《致雅典元老院和人民》(Letter to the Senate and People of Athens)。本文集還選譯利巴尼烏斯(Libanius,公元314-393)兩篇論尤利安的演說(shuō)辭:《尤利安葬禮上的演說(shuō)》(Funeral Oration Over Julian,演說(shuō)辭18)和《論為尤利安復(fù)仇》(Upon Avenging Julian,演說(shuō)辭第24)。