# Vita Porphyrii episcopi Gazensis 12

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/12

καταλαμβά⌊νει τα⌉χέωϲ ὁ κόμηϲ ἔχων ὑπατι⌊κὸν καὶ. δο]ῦκα ἅμα βοηθείαϲ με⌊γάληϲ ϲτ⌉ρατιωτικῆϲ τε καὶ πο- ⌊λιτικῆ⌉ϲ καὶ καταϲτρέφουϲιν ἐ⌊κεῖνοι⌉ ἐξαιρέτωϲ τοὺϲ ὀκτὼ [ναοὺϲ⌉ τῶν εἰδώλων, τοῦ τε Ἡλί[ου καὶ⌉ τῆϲ Ἀφροδίτηϲ καὶ τοῦ ⌊Ἀπόλλ⌉ωνοϲ καὶ τῆϲ Γπόρηϲ καὶ ⌊τῆϲ Ἐκ]άτηϲ καὶ τὸ Ἡρωεῖον καὶ ⌊τῆϲ ⌉ύχηϲ ἤγουν τὸ Τυχαῖον καὶ τὸ Μαρνεῖον δ ἐδόκουν ἐνδοξότατον, τοῦ Κρηταγενοῦϲ Διόϲ, καὶ κατ’ οἶκουϲ ἀναρίθμητα εἰδωλεῖα κατέϲτρεψαν. καὶ ὀλοφυρομένουϲ ἐπὶ τού|τῳ τοὺϲ Ἕλ- λη]ναϲ ἔτυπτον οἱ ἄρχοντεϲ ⌊ῥάβδοιϲ⌉ καὶ ϲκυτάλαιϲ. δὲ ἐν ἁγίοιϲ ⌊Πορ⌉φύριοϲ ἀνεθεμάτιϲεν ἐπὶ τῆϲ ἐκκλη- ϲίαϲ τὸν μέλλοντα Χριϲτιανὸν ἐκ τῶν εἰδωλείων εφετε- ρίζεϲθαι ϲκεῦοϲ χρυϲόῦν ἢ ἀργυροῦν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2806.tlg001.local001/.