# Fragmenta 166

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_JOANNES_ANTIOCHENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/166

Ὅτι Ἑρκούλιος καὶ δίχα παντὸς προκαλύμματος ἄγριός τε ἦν καὶ τυραννικὸς, τὸ τῆς οἰκείας γνώμης τραχὺ τῷ καταπληκτικῷ τοῦ προσώπου παραδηλῶν. Τῇ γοῦν ἑαυτοῦ φύσει παντάπασιν ἐνδιδοὺς, καὶ τῷ Διοκλητιανῷ πρὸς ἅπαν ἄτοπόν τε καὶ σκληρὸν βούλευμα ἑκούσιος ὑποῦργος καθίστατο.

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JOANNES ANTIOCHENUS, Fragmenta. 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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