# Ab excessu divi Marci 3.11.8

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 3, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/3.11.8

ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ χιλιάρχης ἐξεπλάγη μὲν τὴν ψυχήν, οὐκ ἐταράχθη δὲ τὴν γνώμην, ἀλλ̓ ἅτε ἀνὴρ οὐκ ἔξω φρενῶν καθεστώς ʽκαὶ γὰρ ἦν τῷ γένει Σύρος, δριμύτεροι δ̓ ὡς πρὸς τὰς ἐννοίας οἱ ὑπὸ τὴν ἀνατολὴν ἄνθρωποἰ τὸν θυμὸν ὁρῶν ἐνθουσιῶντα τοῦ κελεύοντος καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν εἰδὼς οὐκ ἀντεῖπεν, ὡς μὴ παῤ αὐτὰ κολασθείη, προσποιησάμενος δὲ εὐκταῖα καὶ ἀσπαστὰ ἀκούειν, προσκυνήσας τε ὡς ἤδη βασιλέα, γραμματεῖον ᾔτησε τοῦ φόνου φέρον τὰς ἐντολάς.

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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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