# Vita Constantini 58.2

Eusebius, Vita Constantini, ΕΙΣ TON BION TOY MAKAPIOY ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΔΕΩΣ, Chapter 58. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/vita-constantini/58.2

ὃς δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπερβαλέσθαι τὸν πρωτον ὡς ἐν κακῶν πεφιλοτιμημένος ἀγῶνι, καινοτέρων τιμωριῶν εὑρέσει καθ’ ἡμῶν ἐκαλλωπίξετο. οὐκ ἀπήρκει γὰρ αὐτῷ πῦρ καὶ σίδηρος καὶ προσήλωσις οὐδέ γε θῆρες ἄγριοι καὶ θαλάσσης βυθοί, ἤδη δὲ πρὸς ἅπασι τούτοις ξένην τινὰ κόλασιν αὐτὸς ἐφευρών, τὰ τοῦ φωτὸς αἰσθητήρια λυμαίνεσθαι δεῖν ἐνομοθέτει. ἀθρόα δῆτα πλήθη οὐκ ἀνδρῶν μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν, ὁράσεις δεξιῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ποδῶν τ΄ ἀγκύλας σιδήρῳ καὶ καυτῆρσιν ἀχρειού- μενα, ταλαιπωρεῖσθαι μετάλλοις παρεδίδοτο.

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Eusebius, Vita Constantini, ed. Ivar A. Heikel. 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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