# Ab excessu divi Marci 3.7.4

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 3, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/3.7.4

ὄντι καὶ ἔξω μάχης γεγονότι. διαβάλλουσι δὲ αὐτὸν ὡς καραδοκήσαντα τὴν ἀπόβασιν τῆς μάχης καὶ ἑκόντα βραδύναντα, τὸν δὲ ὑφ̓ ἑαυτῷ στρατὸν ἀκμῆτα τηρήσαντα, τὴν ἀρχὴν ἑαυτῷ μνώμενον, τότε ἐπιφανῆναι ὅτε ἔμαθε τὸν Σἑ̣?ʼῆρον πεπτωκότα. πιστοῦται δὲ τὴν διαβολὴν ταύτην ἡ ἀπόβασις: ὕστερον γὰρ ὁ Σἑ̣?ʼῆρος, μετὰ τὸ πάντα κατορθῶσαι καὶ εἶναι ἐν ἀμερίμνῳ βίῳ, τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους πάντας στρατηγοὺς αὑτοῦ μεγάλως ἠμείψατο, τὸν δὲ Λαῖτον μόνον, ὡς

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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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