# Ab excessu divi Marci 1.15.5

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 1, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/1.15.5

τότε γοῦν εἴδομεν ὅσα ἐν γραφαῖς ἐθαυμάζομεν: ἀπό τε γὰρ Ἰνδῶν καὶ Αἰθιόπων, εἴ τι πρότερον ἄγνωστον ἦν, μεσημβρίας τε καὶ τῆς ἀρκτῴας γῆς ζῷα πάντα φονεύων Ῥωμαίοις ἔδειξε. τὸ δ̓ εὔστοχον τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ πάντες ἐξεπλήττοντο. λαβὼν οὖν ποτὲ βέλη ὧν αἱ ἀκμαὶ ἦσαν μηνοειδεῖς, ταῖς Μαυρουσίαις στρουθοῖς ὀξύτατα φερομέναις καὶ ποδῶν τάχει καὶ κολπώσει πτερῶν ἐπαφιεὶς τὰ βέλη κατ̓ ἄκρου τοῦ τραχήλου ἐκαρατόμει, ὡς τῶν κεφαλῶν ἀφῃρημένας ὁρμῇ τοῦ βέλους ἔτι περιθεῖν αὐτὰς ὡς μηδὲν παθούσας.

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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.
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