# Ab excessu divi Marci 2.3.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/2.3.7

ὁρῶ δὴ οὐ τὸν τυχόντα μοι ἐπηρτημένον ἀγῶνα πρὸς τὸ ἄξιον ἐμαυτὸν παρασχεῖν τῆς τοσαύτης παῤ ὑμῶν τιμῆς. οὐ γὰρ ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ ἡ προεδρία, ἀλλ̓ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις, εἴ τις αὐτὴν μὴ καταισχύνει. ὅσῳ δὲ τὰ γενόμενα ὡς φαῦλα μισεῖται, τοσούτῳ τὰ μέλλοντα ὡς ἀγαθὰ μεγάλως ἐλπίζεται. καὶ τὰ μὲν δεινὰ τῶν ἔργων ἀεὶ μνημονεύεται ʽτὸ γὰρ λυπῆσαν δυσαπάλειπτον̓, τὰ δὲ χρηστὰ ἅμα τῇ ἀπολαύσει καὶ τὴν περὶ

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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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