# Ἀνθολογία, Volume V 1.120

Anthologia Graeca, Ἀνθολογία, Volume V, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anthologia-graeca/volume-v/1.120

εἰ φρικτὸν ἐν γῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ζητεῖς θρόνον,
ἰδὼν τὸν οἶκον θαύμασον τῆς παρθένου·
ἡ γὰρ φέρουσα τὸν Θεὸν ταῖς ἀγκάλαις,
φέρει τὸν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ τοῦ τόπου σέβας·
ἐνταῦθα τῆς γῆς οἱ κρατεῖν τεταγμένοι
τὰ σκῆπτρα πιστεύουσι τῆς νίκης ἔχειν
ἐνταῦθα πολλὰς κοσμικὰς περιστάσεις
ὁ πατριάρχης ἀγρυπνῶν ἀνατρέπει·
οἱ βάρβαροι δὲ προσβαλόντες τῇ πόλει,
αὐτὴν στρατηγήσασαν ὡς εἶδον μόνον,
ἔκαμψαν εὐθὺς τοὺς ἀκαμπεῖς αὐχένας.

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ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA, Ἀνθολογία, Volume V, ed. William Roger Paton. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg7000.tlg001.local002/.