# Ab excessu divi Marci 1.11.1

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 1, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/1.11.1

θρησκεύουσι δὲ μάλιστα τὴν θεὸν τήνδε Ῥωμαῖοι ἐξ αἰτίας τοιαύτης, ὡς ἱστορίᾳ παρειλήφαμεν, ἧς ἐπιμνησθῆναι ἔδοξε διὰ τὴν παῤ Ἑλλήνων τισὶν ἀγνωσίαν. αὐτὸ μὲν τὸ ἄγαλμα διιπετὲς εἶναι λέγουσιν, οὔτε δὲ τὴν ὕλην οὔτε τεχνιτῶν ὅστις ἐποίησεν ἐγνωσμένον, οὐδὲ ψαυστὸν χειρὸς ἀνθρωπίνης. τοῦτο δὲ πάλαι μὲν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ κατενεχθῆναι λόγος ἔς τινα τῆς Φρυγίας χῶρον ʽΠεσσινοῦς δὲ ὄνομα αὐτῷ, τὴν δὲ προσηγορίαν λαβεῖν τὸν τόπον ἐκ τοῦ πεσόντος ἀγάλματος ἐξ οὐρανοὖ καὶ πρῶτον ἐκεῖσε ὀφθῆναι.

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Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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/tlg0015.tlg001.local001/.