Panegyric orations
To run against you from an opposing lot, he endured but the pentathlon was accomplished for you and the pancratium was completed with no one having c
The votes, i imagine the divine judgment and i refer to the incorruptible tribunal. when i test you in elections, i admire your intelligence and your
From afar it shines on those landing and extends a hand to those from the sea, escorting them to rome most painlessly. what in addition to these does
Using it and bending and curving it towards the drooping jaw, i remember the indian's eyebrow at this, how he held it more than a cubit above his head
And to a rival. let others, then, measure you against and compare you with whomever they wish, but i, though i seem to make a strange and dissimilar c
In prose, not in meters and poems or perhaps many are present, but they have no account of the matter, as if it were of no account to them. and time
The hegemony of his father, with kingdoms overthrown and not a few changes having occurred in both, those who, having exchanged their fortune for the
He took counsel of opposing nations, but by making everything purchasable with gold and royal splendors, from this he gained the goodwill of all, and
Opened, and flung wide the very gates of the soul, and associated with wicked and corrupt lives. for he did not at once know the whole line of the fam
To work deeds of injustice for he was angry with those who did wrong and would punish them. but when he began to be sick and his body was wasting awa
Not a magnificent spirit, not a musical and graceful speech, nothing else of the sort that knows how to beautify the soul and the nature of the body.
Drives a sphere, and the other the superterrestrial one, so that the one might wind its own zone in a single cycle, and the other in twelve cycles, an
Defining the virtues by its power, and practicing the higher geometry. for this, as proclus also says, has occupied the middle ground between the indi
The power of the kingdom came to him, besides these the life of david among the flocks, the pursuit, those many dangers into which he fell but was not
He locks up the monarchy into a tyranny, having exchanged one evil for another. justice is not quiet, it kindles the coals, it sends the arrow, the wi
I call it his girdle-and he draws away no small cavalry and infantry force from old rome, he adds to these also the best army of the east, and no smal
An angel wrought a more manifest victory. i have something more to say than those wonders there the cross was in types and images, a bronze serpent s
You, o king the more abundantly you pour out benefits upon us, the more you increase by being filled. from this, no one has been left out of such wea
With the eyes, then poured out and dissolved, but better and higher than all that is visible. but, o emperor—for i repeat the title to you and call it
You fill the western beacon, neither grudging us your rays nor altering the color of your disk, but the more time increases the distances, the more be
The rising of the sun, the land upon which it immediately rises, so that, if any of our people wished, having gone there he could, not with geometrica
I am an unskillful chronicler of your deeds and erring in my timing, and i do not have a nature that strikes out in both directions at once. for you a
To wish. for you both comprehend the present and conjecture the future and discover the unseen, discerning character from eyebrows and eyelids, so tha
To speak? -unseemly even in his appearance, made of tin or dipped in bile and altogether counterfeit gold, but since he was in the midst of dangers, t
With stones lying along each side, so that the conjoined may seem continuous and the well-fitted of one nature. behold for me the heights and beauties
But here is a distinct hand divided into five rosy branches. but this is a most unerring testimony of that godlike soul. but do you wish to see some t
Transcending substance and holding the principles of the forms folded together and least of all divided from the one. and you, being such, do you not
The fountains of good deeds flowed, as if from a sheer rock, having received the impetus for their flowing these proclaimed you by reputation even be
A guide, so also there an arbiter of the administrations, that i may suit you for both, both speaking your deeds and doing the words of your administr
P]ortions are deprived of praise, but no one of all men has been suited to all words of praise. but to you so much is granted [against] all in all thi
To bring to the highest point of keenness, or your soul which was not [shattered by] trials, but also most nobly endured through the magnitude of the
And they were torn away, and their manner altered their nature [....], and they have remained, and after the separation, being both nourished and fatt
But the love of art and the care concerning the divine sanctuaries, what demostheneses or the best of the writers could describe and praise? how beau
Having surpassed in his heroic deeds him and the kings up to you, but in his plans he is recorded as being less than his accomplishments, winning in [
Less, you have given the first place to reason over passion, and you have established the one like some foundation upon the acropolis, but the other y
Having considered what is seen, but when i also behold the tomb of the queen, and i behold it often whenever i wish to console some hardship of fortun
To comprehend in a speech. for to whom could the unattainable be attainable, even if he were rich in the homeric power for speeches, or the herodotan
Admiring and in return is eager to make an image and someone already having constructed a stele for you inscribed the gentle one. therefore solomon
Much praise and measured against all of time. how then could i summarize the whole in a few words? i will speak, therefore, a little of your virtues,
Everyone rejoices and exults with the one who has taken up your encomiums and because i did not weave the words of praise sooner, he is rather vexed
Gracefulness, the maturity of your thought, the symmetry of your greatness, the quick-wittedness, the stability of your mind, the unmarried life, the
At once for us the lord and most skilled in command and pleasing to all, o most excellent foresight, o wise consideration, o most noble counsel, o div
Of virtues? you, beyond any kings who ever were, honored justice and preferred philanthropy, and having attained the height of prudence, you appeared
Accomplishments? o the arrows from heaven against the barbarians, o the unseen bowshots, o the angelic powers in the air, o the divine armies against
The greatest part of character. for as many as have become of a civic disposition, if they have descended to this willingly, they seemed both prudent
Of civil administration and of divine hearing. if therefore, being engaged in one, he also holds to the other, let this for now be a secret to many. b
Of wise men going to ammon's shrine or being within the delphic tripod suddenly transferred their apparent wisdom to the more divine and greater, how
We have taken starting points, and yet more absurd, if we render praises to the good and noble men who have died, for what they have said concerning w
And not many months after the sowing, but immediately reaping the harvest and so that i might say what is from the gospel, the two were running toget
If we should set about to build him up, this marvelous man, both in nature and in diligence, has received much contribution toward his eloquence from
For having embraced one of these, they might neglect the rest, or putting ears before mind, they have an unintelligible tongue, or having drawn up spr
Pleases the petty and the overly artful. therefore, of these enumerated wise men, the one now honored in this discourse wishes to imitate gregory, and
I knew not only what the greeks knew, nor what the chaldeans or egyptians knew, but i had also condemned them, though not all of them, nor has my refu
With magnanimity, he who was both namesake and like-minded with the great constantine, and who alone nobly contended against all, and taking his name-
Regulates the state of the church, no less than moses who constructed the tabernacle below according to the pattern shown to him for whether melodies
Concerning which things, before his high-priesthood, at a time when he did not even have many resources of money, he constructed brilliantly and accom
And to impart to others. and perhaps he did not endure the waves of the sea, but in his toils on land he might in some way be compared to paul. and co
One of two things happening, either god descending into the mind, or the mind ascending to god. but what is the place of god's rest, or by which of al
Of a voice, nor were you instructed by any of the higher powers, to lay aside the symbols of the priesthood, and to transfer yourself to another life,
Nothing unpleasant would happen to those handling these things but for you, who happen to be a philosopher, what harm will come from these affairs? j
Of words but you, o king, will both speak publicly among the armies and bring an impulse with your speech and will rouse them together for the deed.
May you be crowned on the head with glorious trophies. may you be adorned with deeds of valor against the barbarians, and be escorted by many victorie
May you rend the sea and stop the river and vanquish amalek. may a cloud, giving shade over your head, take away your burning heat, and a pillar of li
he took counsel of opposing nations, but by making everything purchasable with gold and royal splendors, from this he gained the goodwill of all, and not wishing to be superior to all by a warlike hand, he endeavored to have equality through peace. And possessing the same quick-tempered and passionate nature as his brother, he did not use it in the same way. For the one exhausted this in wars, being an inventor of devices and an originator of new plans, and an unsparing punisher of the conquered; but the other was of an irritable temper and, in every suspicion, difficult to appease and inexorable. For lest, from the first opportunity for evil being allowed, some great danger should be kindled from it, he would destroy the innocent along with the guilty. Having first married the daughter of one of the magistrates, distinguished for her beauty, and having become a most fortunate father by her, who bore him not a Scipio <not> a Fabius, nor some Tertia filled with the Pythian spirit, but Graces, as it were, equal in number and vying with those celebrated ones, and having limited his pride in his offspring to this divine number; he was deprived of his wife by the law of death, but he deemed his daughters worthy of a royal upbringing in the palace, and the eldest of these, having conceived a more manly or rather a more divine thought, and having wished from then on to be numbered among the ranks of angels, he clothes her in the truly royal robe and introduces her as a pure bride to the divine Bridegroom, and establishes her in the better bridal chambers. After this, having fallen ill, since it seemed his life was despaired of, to the other of his daughters, the one greater and superior in beauty of body and steadfastness of soul, he brings a man who was then the first of the Romans in all graces; and having lived a short time after this, he passed away. And he, he had an appearance truly worthy of sovereignty, but his soul especially was adorned with all kinds of virtues, and his character was fashioned toward the gentler, and he was not without a share in any discourse or learning, but in his aptitude for these things he rivaled the first, and altogether he preserved the bearing and form of a ruler even before his rule. And when he took hold of it, he corresponded even more to the high office, and more than before he engaged in discourse and took care for philosophy. And he enjoyed royal flattery and luxury only so much as to be clothed lavishly in body; but he despised all other splendor that defines the good in pleasure. And he pursued justice not according to the common laws, but as if living in Plato's republic, which Cato also emulated. and he inexorably collected what was owed, and he generously paid what was due; toward those who entreated or flattered he was unbending and upright, not being harsh nor angry, but being gently disposed in character, while remaining unyielding and unchangeable in the firmness of his reason. And these were the secondary works of the man's virtue, but for him one primary task and endeavor was to solve the difficult passages of scripture, and to dig up the hidden meaning and to find the purpose of the enigmas. Therefore he conversed with philosophers and rhetoricians, and he was more zealous about these than public affairs. But the company of the wicked, being mixed with the character of the man, was destined to have more strength than that of the good. For a certain servile and foreign race, wicked both in character and in thought, having no share in reason, but having advanced to the extreme of vice and having become more known by this, had long ago infiltrated our customs and polities. As long as it was concealed in obscurity, it corrupted itself by itself, not sharing its ruin with those nearby, but when, according to the ineffable decrees of God, it also took part in the senatorial council, and enjoyed all of the better fortune, it reveals its wickedness along with its fortune, and as if beginning from a ruling part of the emperor's soul, the whole was consumed. And let no one condemn his levity, with manifest and unadorned evils then the royal
ἀντιστατούντων ἐθνῶν ἐβουλεύσατο, ἀλλὰ χρυσοῦ πάντα ποιούμενος ὤνια καὶ λαμπροτήτων βασιλικῶν, ἐντεῦθεν τὰς τῶν ἁπάντων εὐνοίας
ἐκέρδαινε, καὶ τὸ ὑπερκεῖσθαι πάντων ἐκ πολεμικῆς χειρὸς μὴ βουλόμενος, τὸ ἶσον ἔχειν ἐξ εἰρήνης ἐπιτετήδευτο. ταὐτὸν δὲ κεκτημένος
τῷ ἀδελφῷ τὸ ὀξύρροπον καὶ θυμοειδές, οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐχρῆτο. ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἐν πολέμοις τοῦτο κατεκενοῦτο, μηχανῶν τε ὢν εὑρετὴς καὶ
βουλευμάτων καινῶν ἀρχηγός, καὶ τῶν ἑαλωκότων τιμωρὸς ἀφειδής· ὁ δὲ δύσοργός τις ἦν καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν ὑποψίαν δυσεκβίαστός τε
καὶ δυσπαραίτητος. ἵνα γὰρ μὴ τῆς πρώτης συγχωρηθείσης τοῦ κακοῦ ἀφορμῆς, κίνδυνός τις μέγας ἐκ ταύτης ἀνακαυθῇ, τῷ ὑπαιτίῳ
τὸν ἀναίτιον προσαπώλλυε. Γήμας δὲ πρῶτα θυγατέρα τινὸς τῶν ἐν τέλει κάλλει διαπρεπῆ καὶ καλλιτεκνότατος ἐξ αὐτῆς γεγονώς,
οὐ Σκιπίωνα τεκούσης <οὐ> Φάβιον· οὐδὲ Τερτίαν τινὰ πυθικοῦ ἔμπλεων πνεύματος, ἀλλὰ χάριτας ὡς ἀληθῶς ταῖς θρυλλουμέναις ἐκείναις
ἰσαρίθμους καὶ ἀνθαμίλλους, καὶ τῷ θείῳ τούτῳ ἀριθμῷ τὸ τῆς γονῆς περιορίσας φιλότιμον· τὴν μὲν ἀφῃρέθη θανάτου νόμῳ, τὰς
δὲ θυγατέρας τροφῆς ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις ἠξίου βασιλικῆς, καὶ τούτων τὴν πρεσβυτέραν ἀρρενωπότερον ἢ μᾶλλον θειότερόν τι φρονήσασαν,
καὶ ἀγγέλων ἐντεῦθεν συναριθμηθῆναι ἐθελήσασαν τάγμασι, τὴν βασιλικὴν ὄντως στολὴν ἀμφιέννυσι καὶ τῷ θείῳ νυμφίῳ νύμφην εἰσάγει
ἀκήρατον, καὶ ταῖς παστάσιν ἐγκαθιδρύει ταῖς κρείττοσι. Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα νοσήσας, ἐπεὶ ἔδοξαν ἀβιώτως ἔχειν, θατέρᾳ τῶν θυγατέρων,
τῇ μείζονί τε καὶ κρείττονι κάλλει τε σώματος καὶ ψυχῆς σταθηρότητι, ἄνδρα πρωτεύοντα τότε Ῥωμαίων ἐπὶ πάσαις ἐπάγεται χάρισι·
καὶ μικρὸν μετὰ ταῦτα βιώσας ἐξέλιπεν. Ὁ δέ, εἶχε μὲν καὶ τὸ εἶδος ὡς ἀληθῶς τυραννίδος ἄξιον, μάλιστα δὲ τὴν ψυχὴν παντοίαις
ἐκεκόσμητο ἀρεταῖς, καὶ τὸ ἦθος ἐπὶ τὸ πρᾳότερον μετεσκεύαστο, λόγου δὲ καὶ παιδείας οὐδεμιᾶς ἄμοιρος ἦν, ἀλλὰ τῇ πρὸς ταῦτα
ἕξει τοῖς πρώτοις ἐφάμιλλος, καὶ ὅλως ἀνδρὸς ἡγεμονικοῦ καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἡγεμονίας τάξιν καὶ σχῆμα διέσωζεν. ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ ταύτης
ἐπείληπτο ἔτι καὶ μᾶλλον συνεπεδίδου τῷ ἀξιώματι, καὶ πλέον ἢ πρότερον λόγου τε ἥπτετο καὶ φιλοσοφίας ἐπεμελεῖτο. βασιλικῆς
δὲ κολακείας καὶ θρύψεως τοσοῦτον ἀπήλαυεν, ὅσον τῷ σώματι περισσῶς ἀμφιέννυσθαι· ἄλλης δὲ πάσης κατεφρόνει λαμπρότητος ἐν
ἡδονῇ τὸ καλὸν ὁριζούσης. τὸ δὲ δίκαιον οὐ κατὰ τοὺς κοινοὺς θεσμοὺς ἐδίωκεν, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ ἐν τῇ Πλάτωνος πολιτείᾳ πολιτευόμενος,
ἣν καὶ Κάτων ἐζήλωσεν. ἀπαραιτήτως τε τὸ ὀφειλόμενον εἰσεπράττετο, καὶ εὐδαπάνως τὸ χρεωστούμενον κατεβάλλετο· πρὸς τοὺς λιπαροῦντας
ἢ κολακεύοντας ἄκαμπτος καὶ ὄρθιος ὤν, οὐ χαλεπαίνων οὐδὲ ὀργιζόμενος, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἤθει πρᾴως διατιθέμενος, τῷ στερρῷ δὲ τοῦ λογισμοῦ
ἀνένδοτος μένων καὶ ἀμετάτρεπτος. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν πάρεργα τῆς τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀρετῆς, ἓν δὲ πρῶτον ἔργον ἐκείνῳ καὶ σπούδασμα, λύειν
τὰ τῆς γραφῆς ἄπορα, καὶ τὸν κεκρυμμένον ἀνορύττειν νοῦν καὶ τὸν σκοπὸν ἀνευρίσκειν τῶν αἰνιγμάτων. ὅθεν φιλοσόφοις ὡμίλει
καὶ ῥήτορσι, καὶ περὶ τούτους μᾶλλον ἐσπουδάκει ἢ τὰ δημόσια. Ἔμελλον δὲ αἱ τῶν φαύλων ὁμιλίαι τῷ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἤθει συνανακιρνάμεναι
πλέον ἰσχύειν τῶν ἀγαθῶν. γένος γάρ τι δουλοπρεπὲς καὶ ἐπείσακτον, πονηρὸν καὶ τὸ ἦθος καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν, λόγου μὲν οὐ μετεσχηκός,
κακίας δὲ εἰς ἄκρον ἐληλακὸς καὶ ταύτῃ μᾶλλον γνώριμον καθεστός, τοῖς ἡμετέροις πάλαι ἐπεισφρῆσαν ἔθεσί τε καὶ πολιτεύμασιν.
ἕως μὲν τῇ ἀφανείᾳ συνεκαλύπτετο, αὐτὸ ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ διεφθείρετο, μὴ κοινωνοῦν τῆς λύμης τοῖς πλησιάζουσιν, ἐπεὶ δέ, κατὰ τοὺς
ἀρρήτους τοῦ θεοῦ λόγους, καὶ τῆς συγκλήτου μετέσχε βουλῆς, καὶ πάσης τῆς κρείττονος ἀπήλαυέ σε δαίμονος, συναναφαίνει τῇ
τύχῃ τὴν πονηρίαν, καὶ ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ἡγεμονικοῦ μέρους τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως ψυχῆς ἀρξάμενον κατενεμήθη τὸ πᾶν. καὶ μή τις καταγνοίη
ἐκείνου κουφότητος, προδήλοις καὶ ἀσχηματίστοις κακοῖς τότε βασίλειον
