# Martyrium Polycarpi 12.3

Anonymous, Martyrium Polycarpi, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-9/martyrium-polycarpi/12.3

τότε ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπιβοῆσαι, ὥστε τὸν Πολύκαρπον ζῶντα κατακαῦσαι. ἔδει γὰρ τὸ τῆς φανερωθείσης αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τοῦ προσκεφαλαίου ὀπτασίας πληρωθῆναι, ὅτε ἰδὼν αὐτὸ καιόμενον προσευχόμενος εἶπεν ἐπιστραφεὶς τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ πιστοῖς προφητικῶς: Δεῖ με ζῶντα καῆναι.

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Anonymous, Martyrium Polycarpi, ed. Kirsopp Lake. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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