# Ab excessu divi Marci 1.5.3

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 1, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/1.5.3

κοινὴν εἶναί μοι πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς καταλαβοῦσιν ἀλγηδόνα, καὶ μηδέν τι ἧττον ὑμᾶς ἐμοῦ δυσφορεῖν, ἐμαυτὸν ἀκριβῶς πέπεικα. οὐδὲ γὰρ περιόντος μοι τοῦ πατρὸς πλεονεκτεῖν ὑμῶν ἠξίουν. ἐκεῖνος γὰρ πάντας ἡμᾶς ὡς ἕνα ἠγάπα. ἔχαιρε γοῦν μᾶλλον συστρατιώτην με ἢ υἱὸν καλῶν: τὴν μὲν γὰρ προσηγορίαν ἡγεῖτο φύσεως, τὴν δ̓ ἀρετῆς κοινωνίαν. φέρων τέ με πολλάκις ἔτι νήπιον ὄντα ταῖς ὑμετέραις

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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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