# Martyrium Polycarpi 9.3

Anonymous, Martyrium Polycarpi, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-9/martyrium-polycarpi/9.3

ἐγκειμένου δὲ τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου καὶ λέγοντος: Ὄμοσον, καὶ ἀπολύω σε, λοιδόρησον τὸν Χριστόν, ἔφη ὁ Πολύκαρπος: Ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτη δουλεύω αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐδέν με ἠδίκησεν: καὶ πῶς δύναμαι βλασφημῆσαι τὸν βασιλέα μου τὸν σώσαντά με;

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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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