Did Polycrates Say He Would Not "Add" or "Take Away" When Defending the Fourteenth Day?

Person: Polycrates of Ephesus · Witness: Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 5.24

What the ancient record says

Polycrates emphasizes refusal to be intimidated, appealing to "It is better to obey Alahym rather than men," presenting his practice as received rather than invented; the letter stresses fidelity to the inherited observance and resistance to outside pressure. He understood the controversy as more than convenience, obedience was involved; Rome pressured, he refused.

He did not accept Rome's demand as decisive, citing earlier followers, family predecessors, his long life, and obedience to Alahym.