# Ab excessu divi Marci 4.8.5

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 4, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/4.8.5

τούτου κομισθῆναι κελεύει τὸν νέκυν, ξύλων τε πολλῶν ἀθροισθῆναι πυράν: ἐπιθείς τε αὐτὸν ἐν μέσῳ καὶ παντοδαπὰ ζῷα κατασφάξας ὑφῆψέ τε, καὶ φιάλην λαβὼν σπένδων τε τοῖς ἀνέμοις εὔχετο. πάνυ τε ὢν ψιλοκόρσης, πλόκαμον ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ πυρὶ ζητῶν ἐγελᾶτο: πλὴν ὧν εἶχε τριχῶν ἀπεκείρατο. ἐπῄνει δὲ καὶ στρατηγῶν μάλιστα Σύλλαν τε τὸν Ῥωμαῖον καὶ Ἀννίβαν τὸν Λίβυν, ἀνδριάντας τε αὐτῶν καὶ εἰκόνας ἀνέστησεν.

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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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