# Ab excessu divi Marci 2.3.2

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 2, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/2.3.2

καὶ ἀσήμου γένους ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἐλθόντα. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ὁ βίος αὐτῷ διὰ σωφροσύνην ἐπῃνεῖτο καὶ τὰ ἐν ταῖς στρατιωτικαῖς πράξεσιν ἦν εὐκλεῆ, ἀλλ̓ ὅσον εὐγενείας χάριν, πολὺ τῶν εὐπατριδῶν ἀπελείπετο. ἡμέρας οὖν καταλαβούσης κατῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὸ συνέδριον τῆς βουλῆς, οὔτε τὸ πῦρ ἐάσας ἑαυτοῦ προπομπεῦσαι οὔτε τι ἄλλο τῶν βασιλικῶν συμβόλων ἐς ὕψος ἀρθῆναι πρὶν ἢ μαθεῖν τὴν γνώμην τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς.

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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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