# De Martyribus Palaestinae (Recensio Brevior) 9.9

Eusebius, De Martyribus Palaestinae (Recensio Brevior), Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/de-martyribus-palaestinae-recensio-brevior/9.9

νύκτωρ δ’ οὖν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ὑπαίθρους θηρσὶν εἰς βορὰν τοὺς νεκροὺς φυλάττεσθαι προστάττει. καὶ παρῆν ὁρᾶν ἐπὶ πλείοσιν ἡμέραις οὐκ ὀλίγον ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμὸν τῇ θηριώδει ταύτῃ καὶ βαρβάρῳ βουλῆ διακονουμένων. ἀλλ’ οἶ μὲν ἐξ ἐπόπτου, οἶόν τι σπουδῆς ἄξιον, ὡς μὴ οἶ νεκροὶ κλαπεῖεν, ἐπεσκόπουν, θῆρες δὲ ἄγριοι καὶ κύνες, οἰωνῶν τε τὰ σαρκοβόρα τὰ βρότεια μέλη ὧδε κἀκεῖσε ἐσπάραττον.

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Eusebius, De Martyribus Palaestinae (Recensio Brevior), ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. 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/tlg2018.tlg003.local001/.