# Ab excessu divi Marci 3.13.6

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 3, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/3.13.6

δὲ καὶ ἐπεδίδοσαν ἐς τὸ χεῖρον. ἅτε δὲ νεανίας σφριγῶντας καὶ ὑπὸ βασιλικῆς ἐξουσίας ἐς πάσας ἡδονῶν ὀρέξεις ἀπλήστως ὁρμωμένους ἕκαστοι τῶν κολακευόντων ἀνθεῖλκον πρὸς αὑτούς, οὐ μόνον ὑπηρετούμενοι ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτῶν καὶ ταῖς περὶ τὰ αἴσχιστα σπουδαῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀεί τι καινὸν ἐξευρίσκοντες, δἰ οὗ εὐφρανοῦσι μὲν ὃν ἐκολάκευον, λυπήσουσι δὲ τὸν ἀδελφόν. ἤδη γοῦν τινὰς καὶ λαβὼν ἐπὶ τοιαύταις ὑπηρεσίαις ὁ Σἑ̣?ʼῆρος ἐκόλασεν.

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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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