# Argumenta 17.6

Joannes Zonaras, Argumenta, Book 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-zonaras/argumenta/17.6

Περὶ πατριαρχῶν. περὶ Βουλγάρων καὶ τοῦ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ. ὅτι ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐξεστράτευσε κατὰ Βουλγάρων καὶ τὴν Τριάδιτζαν ἔμελλε πολιορκεῖν. ὅπως ὁ Κοντοστἐφανος ἀπάτῃ μετῆλθε τὸν βασιλέα καὶ πέπεικεν ἀναζεῦξαι, καὶ ὅσα οἱ Βούλγαροι τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ἐποίησαν2) ἀναζευ- γνύουσι. ὅτι ὁ Φωκᾶς βασιλεὺς ἀνερρήθη. ὅτι ὁ Σκληρὸς καὶ οἶ παρὰ τοῖς Ἀγαρηνοῖς Ῥωμαῖοι ἀνείθησαν τῶν δεσμῶν καὶ ἐπανελθεῖν εἰς τὰ Ῥωμαίων ὅρια ἠδυνήθησαν. ὅτι κοινωνίαν θέσθαι μετὰ τοῦ Φώκα ἐπὶ τῇ τυραννίδι ἠθέλησεν ὁ Σκληρός, καὶ ὅπως κατεσχέθη καὶ ἐδεσμήθη.

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Joannes Zonaras, Argumenta, ed. Ludwig Dindorf. 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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