# Ab excessu divi Marci 6.8.3

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 6, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/6.8.3

ἐκείνου ἀνδρείας. ἔτι τε καὶ δώροις αὐτοὺς καὶ παντοδαπαῖς τιμαῖς ᾠκειώσατο. ὅθεν οἱ νεανίαι, ἐν οἷς ἦν τὸ πολὺ πλῆθος Παιόνων μάλιστα, τῇ μὲν ἀνδρείᾳ τοῦ Μαξιμίνου ἔχαιρον, τὸν δὲ Ἀλέξανδρον ἐπέσκωπτον ὡς ὑπὸ τῆς τε μητρὸς ἀρχόμενον, καὶ διοικουμένων τῶν πραγμάτων ὑπ’ ἐξουσίᾳ τε καὶ γνώμῃ γυναικός, ῥᾳθύμως τε καὶ ἀνάνδρως τοῖς πολεμικοῖς προσφερομένου ἐκείνου. ὑπεμίμνησκον δὲ ἀλλήλους τῶν τε ὑπὸ ταῖς ἀνατολαῖς διὰ μέλλησιν αὐτοῦ πταισμάτων, καὶ ὅτι μηδὲν ἀνδρεῖον μηδὲ νεανικὸν παρέχοιτο

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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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