Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 9.12-9.13
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πόλιν

,

ἀγοραί τε καὶ πλατεῖαι,

,

city

, and

market places and streets,

are directly attested at Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 9.12-9.13. This passage was written ca. 315 – 316 CE possibly in Caesarea.

ἐφ’ οἷς πλείσταις ἡμέραις ἐπιτελουμένοις τοιοῦτόν τι παράδοξον συμβαίνει. αἰθρία ἦν καὶ λαμπρὸς ἀὴρ καὶ τοῦ περιέχοντος κατάστασις εὐδιεινοτάτη. εἶτα ἀθρόως τῶν ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν κιόνων, οἱ τὰς δημοσίας ὑπήρειδον στοὰς, δακρύων τινὰ τρόπον οἱ πλείους σταλαγμοὺς ἀπέσταζον, ἀγοραί τε καὶ πλατεῖαι, μηδεμιᾶς ψεκάδος ἐξ ἀέρος γεγενημένης, οὐκ οἶδ’ ὁπόθεν ὕδατι ῥανθεῖσαι καθυγραίνοντο, ὡς αὐτίκα διαθρυληθῆναι εἰς πάντας δακρῦσαι τὴν γῆν ἀρρήτῳ λόγῳ, τὴν τῶν τότε πραχθέντων ἀνοσιουργίαν μὴ φέρουσαν, εἰς ἔλεγχόν τε φύσεως ἀτέγκτου καὶ ἀσυμπαθοῦς ἀνθρώπων λίθους καὶ τὴν ἄψυχον ὕλην ἐπικλαῦσαι τοῖς γεγενημένοις. λῆρος ἴσως καὶ μῦθος εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι δόξειεν εἶναι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῖς μεθ’ἡμᾶς, ἀλλ’οὐχ οἷσπερ ὁ καιρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπιστώσατο.

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After these things had continued for many days, a wonderful event occurred. The air was clear and bright and the appearance of the sky most serene. When suddenly throughout the city from the pillars which supported the public porches many drops fell like tears; and the market places and streets, though there was no mist in the air, were moistened with sprinkled water, whence I know not. Then immediately it was reported everywhere that the earth, unable to endure the abomination of these things, had shed tears in a mysterious manner; and that as a rebuke to the relentless and unfeeling nature of men, stones and lifeless wood had wept for what had happened. I know well that this account may perhaps appear idle and fabulous to those who come after us, but not to those to whom the truth was confirmed at the time.

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