# Vita Porphyrii episcopi Gazensis 11-2

Marcus Diaconus, Vita Porphyrii episcopi Gazensis, ΒΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΤΙΑ ΕΝ ΣΥΝΤΟΜΩΙ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΛΑΖΗΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/marcus-diaconus/vita-porphyrii-episcopi-gazensis/11-2

ὡϲ δὲ εἰϲῆλθεν εἰϲ τὴν πόλιν ἐπὶ τὸ καλούμενον τετράμφοδον, τὸ εἶδωλον τῆϲ Ἀφροδίτηϲ ἱϲτάμενον διὰ γλυφῆϲ μαρμάρου, ἔχον εἰϲ προὐπτον πάντα τὰ ἀϲχή- μονα μέλη καὶ ἀπατῶν ἄνδραϲ τε καὶ γυναῖκαϲ, ἔπεϲεν καὶ ϲυνετρίβη τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ δαίμονοϲ ἐξελθόντοϲ καὶ τοῦτο ϲυντρίψαντοϲ, καὶ ϲυνέτριψεν ἐκ τῶν παριϲταμέ- νων Ἐλλήνων δύο ὡϲ ἑϲτῶταϲ καὶ μυκτηρίζοντοϲ ⌊τὸ⌉ν λαὸν ἀεὶ τῶν Χριϲτιανῶν· ὥϲ⌊τε ἐκ⌉ τῶν Ἐλλήνων πι- ϲτεῦϲαι ἄν⌊δραϲ⌉ μὲν τριάκοντα δύο, γυ⌊ναῖκαϲ⌉ δὲ ἑπτά.

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Marcus Diaconus, Vita Porphyrii episcopi Gazensis, ed. Societatis philologae bonnensis sodales. 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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