# Sermo tetrasyllabus 29

Ephraem Syrus, Sermo tetrasyllabus, Page 29. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ephraem-syrus-theol/sermo-tetrasyllabus/29

Λόγος τετρασύλλαβος Νικηθεὶς δὲ κατὰ κράτος ὁ πονηρὸς Διάβολος καθίσας ἀπωδύρετο καὶ ἔλεγε μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ. Οὐαί μοι τῷ ταλαιπώρῳ· τί πέπονθα ὁ ἄθλιος; Πῶς ἡττηθεὶς ἀνεχώρησα; Τῆς αἰσχύνης δὲ ταύτης ἐγώ εἰμι αἴτιος ὁ συνάψας μετ' αὐτῶν πόλεμον ἐπὶ πολύ. Νικηθεὶς γὰρ ἐκ πρώτης καὶ δευτέρας προσβολῆς, εὐθὺς ἐχρῆν με νοῆσαι, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἦν μετ' αὐτῶν. Νυνὶ δὲ φιλονεικήσας τοῖς ἁγίοις, τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν ηὔξησα εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀτιμίαν, νικηθεὶς δὲ ἀνεχώρησα μετ' αἰσχύνης μεγάλης, τραυματισθεὶς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐκ τῶν τραυμάτων τῶν ἐμῶν. Τὰς γὰρ παγίδας ἔστησα, ὥστε αὐτοὺς παγιδεῦσαι, αὐτοὶ δὲ λαβόντες αὐτὰς τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἔθλασαν. Τὰ βέλη μου τὰ

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Ephraem Syrus Theol., Sermo tetrasyllabus. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4138.tlg017.local001/.