Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 11.3
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δυεῖν δὴ οὖν μεταξὺ διελθουσῶν ἡμερῶν ὁ μὲν Ἀδριανὸς Δύστρου πέμπτῃ μηνὸς, πρὸ τριῶν Νώνων Μαρτίων, γενεθλίων τῆς κατὰ Καισαρέων νομιζομένης Τύχης ἡμέρᾳ, λέοντι παραβληθεὶς καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ξίφει κατασφαγεὶς ἐτελειώθη, ὁ δὲ Εὔβουλος μεθ’ ἑτέραν μέσην, Νώναις αὐταῖς Μαρτίαις, ἣ γένοιτ’ ἂν ἑβδόμη Δύστρου, πολλὰ λιπαρήσαντος αὐτὸν τοῦ δικαστοῦ, ὡς ἂν θύσας τῆς νομιζομένης παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐλευθερίας τύχοι, τῆς προσκαίρου ζωῆς τὸν ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας εὐκλεῆ προτιμήσας θάνατον, μετὰ τοὺς θῆρας ὁμοίως τῷ προτέρῳ θῦμα γενόμενος, ὕστατος τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς Καισαρείας μαρτύρων τοὺς ἄθλους ἐπεσφραγίσατο.1
Translation
After two days, on the fifth of the month Dystrus, the third before the Nones of March, which was regarded as the birthday of Tyche, the tutelary divinity of Cæsarea, Adrianus was thrown to a lion and afterwards slain with the sword. But Eubulus, two days later, on the Nones of March, that is, on the seventh of the month Dystrus, when the judge had earnestly entreated him to enjoy by sacrificing that which was considered freedom among them, preferring a glorious death for religion to transitory life, was made like the other an offering to wild beasts, and as the last of the martyrs in Cæsarea, sealed the list of athletes.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: 11.3.
- 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: 11.3.
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: 11.3.
- 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: 11.3.
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