# Ab excessu divi Marci 1.8.6

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 1, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/1.8.6

χρημάτων ἐπιδόσει. ὃ δ̓ ὑποστὰς ἐν τῇ τοῦ ἀμφιθεάτρου εἰσόδῳ ʽζοφώδης δὲ αὕτη, διὸ καὶ λήσεσθαι ἤλπισἐ, γυμνώσας τὸ ξιφίδιον, ἐπελθών τε αἰφνιδίως τῷ Κομμόδῳ, καὶ μεγάλῃ φωνῇ προειπὼν ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου αὐτῷ ἐπιπεπέμφθαι, τρῶσαι μὴ φθάσας, ἀλλ̓ ἐν ᾧ περὶ τὴν τῶν ῥημάτων προφορὰν ἠσχολεῖτο καὶ τὴν δεῖξιν τοῦ ξίφους, συλληφθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν σωματοφυλάκων τοῦ βασιλέως, δίκην ἀνοίας ὑπέσχεν, ὃς προεῖπε τὸ βεβουλευμένον μᾶλλον ἢ ἔδρασε, παρέσχε τε αὑτῷ μὲν προγνωσθέντι ἁλῶναι, ἐκείνῳ δὲ προμαθόντι φυλάξασθαι.

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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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