Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 4.2
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πᾶσι δῆτα συγχύσεως οὐ μικράς ἐπῃωρημένης, καὶ ἄλλων ἄλλοσε διασπειρομένων, διαδρᾶναί τε τὸ δεινὸν ἐπιμελὲς ποιουμένων, χαλεπῆς τε τὸ πᾶν ἐπεχούσης κινήσεως, τίς ἂν ἐξαρκέσειεν ἡμίν λόγος εἰς τὴν ἐπαξίαν διήγησιν τοῦ θείου ἔρωτος καὶ παρρησίας τῆς εἰς θεὸν ὁμολογίας τοῦ μακαρίου καὶ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἀμνοῦ ἀκάκου, μάρτυρος Ἀπφιανοῦ φημὶ, τοῦ πρὸ πυλῶν ἐπὶ θεωρίαν ἅπασι τοῖς κατὰ Καισάρειαν θαυμαστὸν παράδειγμα τῆς εἰς τὸν μόνον θεὸν εὐσεβείας προβεβλημένοu;1
Translation
In consequence, no little confusion arose among all, and they scattered here and there, endeavoring in some way to escape the danger; and there was great commotion everywhere. But what words would suffice for a suitable description of the Divine love and boldness, in confessing God, of the blessed and truly innocent lamb—I refer to the martyr Apphianus—who presented in the sight of all, before the gates of Cæsarea, a wonderful example of piety toward the only God?2
Translation Note
Translation corrected and adapted from its source.Works Cited
- 1 Eusebius of Caesarea, De martyribus Palaestinae (Recensio Brevior): Machine Readable Text, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf (Leipzig: University of Leipzig, 2014), section: 4.2.
- 2 Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine: Machine Readable Text, ed. Philip Schaff, trans. Arthur Cushman McGiffert (Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 1993), section: 4.2.
Additional Bibliography
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Liber de martyribus Palestinae, in Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf, vol. 4, Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana (Leipzig: Teubner, 1867), 383–418, section: 4.2.
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine, in Eusebius: Church History, Life of Constantine the Great, and Oration in Praise of Constantine., ed. Arthur Cushman McGiffert et al., repr. of American ed., Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. 2nd Series 1 (New York: Christian Literature Publishing, 1890), 342–56, section: 4.2.
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