# Ab excessu divi Marci 1.16.1

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 1, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/1.16.1

ἔδει δὲ ἄρα ποτὲ κἀκεῖνον παύσασθαι μεμηνότα καὶ τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν τυραννουμένην. νέου μὲν γὰρ ἔτους τῆς ἐπιούσης ἔμελλεν ἡμέρασ—σέβουσι δὲ τὴν ἑορτὴν Ῥωμαῖοι ἐς θεὸν ἀρχαιότατον τῆς Ἰταλίας ἐπιχώριον ἀναφέροντες: φασὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ Κρόνον, ὑπὸ Διὸς ἐκβληθέντα τῆς ἀρχῆς, κατελθόντα ἐς γῆν γενέσθαι ξένον, δεδιότα δὲ τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς δυναστείαν παῤ αὐτῷ κρυπτόμενον λαθεῖν: ὅθεν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα δοθῆναι τῷ χώρῳ τῆς Ἰταλίας Λάτιόν τε κληθῆναι, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος φωνῆς ἐς τὴν ἐπιχώριον

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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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