Chronographia
The lord chamberlain was like an athlete and a combatant, while the emperor basil was the spectator, not so that he might crown the other, but so that
Accustomed to ambushes and pitched battles, but more effective and valiant than him in hand-to-hand actions for indeed he who received a blow from hi
Having driven them from the camp, they killed them all utterly and breaking camp, as if from the same impulse of the soul, they turned themselves to
Of equal measure as if by a ruler in size, armed with a sword in the right hand and being irresistible in their charge, having set these men with him
1.20 from this point, for basil the change was not an end of evils, but a beginning and a starting-point for immediately the emperor, having reviewed
They became fugitives from that man and again departed, having arranged themselves on their own and, as if a broken-off part, allotted to a rank equal
He bared his feet of the purple-dyed sandal, but as if reserving for himself a part of the tyranny he approached the emperor basil, however, seeing h
He would suggest, and his speech held nothing terrible, nor anything elaborate. 1.31 bringing the kingdom down, therefore, from an arrogant and enviou
He considered the unbroken formation, and by this alone he thought the roman phalanxes were invincible. but when the soldiers were burdened by the toi
To have become emperors for from his birth until the twentieth year of his age he reigned as co-emperor in a subordinate position with his father and
From an early age, having done away with the company of tutors, he acquired bedfellows and chamberlains for himself and these were neither of noble n
Becoming benumbed, they indicated the multitude of both their thoughts and their words with certain signs. 2.7 and being large in body, so as to stand
Man) is received into the palace for a marriage alliance with the emperor and the most beautiful of constantine's daughters is both seen by him and l
Was, but a most true understanding, would have been of great benefit <ἂν> to the whole. whence he accomplished nothing more than the attempts, but rat
He might make, or rather if he should multiply the roman army, he would become unbearable to anyone, advancing with so great a multitude both of his o
The emperor. 3.10 so some ran in disorder, while the enemy became mere spectators of the unexpected victory, astounded as if at those who had been tur
The rivers of money were diverted. that this is so, the account will show more clearly. 3.13 this emperor was eager to seem pious and he was indeed t
Unformed, by which another temple is built up within us, well-pleasing and acceptable to the lord? but that man knew how to philosophize in his inquir
Brilliant and truly rosy-cheeked. the brother, since it seemed good to him, brought this man to be seen by the emperor, who was sitting with the empre
And some things he saw with his own eyes, and others he had heard, but he, as if willingly, both closed his eyes again and stopped up the passages of
And sleep, settling on the tips of his eyes, quickly flew away, and all difficult things had befallen him: harshness of character, a disagreeable disp
Having received [the confirmation] of his death through sight. but he, groaning something heavy and deep, looked about here and there, being unable to
They all went away to honour the departed emperor as was fitting and one of those preceding the bier was the new emperor's brother, john the eunuch,
He discerned the manifold nature of providence, and how great a share of the circumstances the cares of state collect for a true king, he was altogeth
Terrifying, he caused distress even by his appearance for most people, shuddering at his appearance, refrained from evil deeds. and so he was truly a
He was unwilling to make them accountable for what they had done, but covering up their unjust deeds, he courted even more freedom for their opinions,
But his mind was restored to him, free. but whenever he went forth on foot or on horseback, a guard was present around him, and turning about, they sa
Let it be left alone for now». but he, seizing upon the remark: 'do not suppose,' he says, 'o emperor, that you have escaped the ears of the multitud
The emperor, i know not whether he immediately repented of what had been done, or was otherwise disposed towards his nephew, neither paid attention to
Secretly forming images, and as if pre-engraving what he had decided to do later, he ran down his whole family, and planned to destroy all those who h
He was planning to be delivered from the pollutions that had been attached to his soul. 4.33 so some of those who are not very well-disposed towards h
At once having changed their habit and way of life, and having been enlisted for god, a band of youths into a register of virtues. 4.37 and he did not
Testifying for himself from his own loins, but having either fashioned or revealed something like a sprout from that root, he cleverly persuades them,
Strengthening, he both mounted the horse and held his seat firmly and skillfully managed it with the bridle, then he followed, joining the sections, a
They are reconciled to each other, and from then on they lived together, and conversed with one another, except that each suspected the other. 4.49 bu
Fleece of christ, and taking the covering from his head, they place upon it the helmet of salvation then indeed, having armed his chest and back with
Of a brother of superior intelligence, that they should think anything noble either about the empire or about the state of public affairs, whence they
He varied, now not waiting for his opinion in imperial affairs, and now doing and saying something else which he knew that man would not tolerate. 5.7
The matter fanned him into hatred and anger. from this a hatred for the whole family smoldered in him but he did not immediately attempt to destroy t
Would supplicate and entreat him, and transfer him more quickly to the imperial courts. and as he withdrew, his own bodyguard followed, and a great mu
Ministered. 5.16 but his plans were thus being brought to completion, and he was winning over the chosen populace of the city and all those who belong
Ours but let this, as it has more objections from either side, be moved to another inquiry. 5.20 the emperor at that time, then, concealing the natur
He personifies the action and introduces a scene, and reveals to the senate, supposedly, the things being planned against him by her, and how he had s
Were seen outside the women's quarters, coming forth in public and shouting and beating their breasts and terribly lamenting over the suffering of the
But now the rebellion became manifest, and the people gathered in companies, and the encampment had become formidable, then indeed he was terribly agi
She did not share power, but she was exceptionally honored, and she partook of the splendor in the palace next after her sister but since kinship is
To the city, immediately every soul which until this point had been fearful and trembling is lifted up and some were offering thanks-offerings to god
5.43 the nobelissimos, then, answered me with such words but the one who had been tyrant, gently shaking his head and with difficulty releasing a tea
They lead them out but they had not yet gone far on the road when those who had been ordered to put out their eyes met them. and having made the sent
Invites him and makes him a partner in the state. and she did so but theodora does not entirely put aside her respect for her sister, nor does she ta
And her hand was most sharply prepared for both equally, i mean for death and for life, and in this respect she resembled the waves of the sea that bo
6.9 to many, therefore, it seems that only now for the first time have the nations around us poured over the roman frontiers, bursting in all at once
Romanus, then, not being very jealous, turned a deaf ear to such a rumor. but michael removed him from the palace and, under the pretext of a more ven
Michael, who indeed after romanos had ascended to power for this reason, even when he became emperor, he did not abandon his jealousy against that ma
Having passed over for reasons i shall state the things done by some, or changing it otherwise, not making a history, but fabricating events as if on
Unconquerable, but the character of each is from the majority, how i should be ashamed to say if anything has not also been done by him justly and fit
Having transferred proud offices this, then, at that time brought forth ceremonies and festivals, and the entire city was in a state of excitement, a
To shape the tongue for seemliness with words, and to purify the mind with philosophy, not having long mastered rhetorical speeches, so as to be able
It only bubbles with the great stream of words, and concerns itself with the composition of the parts of speech, and has put forth certain discourses
Are brought to light together, but for others, not only have other things miscarried, but even the matters of their speech are not well-organized. 6.4
Had preceded, he would have immediately offended them, had it not seemed good even so to his wife, whether because she concealed her jealousy, or beca
6.55 so he would pretend each time that something or other was being built, and would often go away during the month, on the pretext of inspecting som
And as she narrated, indescribable graces surrounded her. at any rate, she captivated me by often asking again and again about greek myths, and she he
Was kindled for her, and of the attendants, one would divide the quantities of spices, another would mix them together, and another did something else
To come, but nevertheless he revelled in his thoughts but this cut off his reflections and her hopes, and a sudden disease took hold, opposed to ever
I now forbear to detail the action, but i have chosen to walk a middle road between those who have written of the antiquities of elder rome's leadersh
And struck from the side. 6.78 but since we had been despoiled of italy and had been deprived of the most august part of the empire, the second michae
6.83 such, then, were the circumstances concerning him but the emperor, when he had learned both of the murder of the ambassador and of the usurper's
Delivered from the wave and having taken a short breath, he sends up voices of thanksgiving to god, and fixes the head high up on the great theatre, s
And he, having survived in his reign for a short time, passed away, and the rule fell to a certain obscure michael, against him they indeed armed thei
From below they tried to bore through but those above were throwing stones and swords and when fire was also hurled upon them, and their eyes were a
That was unshaken, not supported by natural foundations, but by firmness of calculation and better judgment. but this part i have not yet indeed perce
Had contrived exile for him. 6.101 but even when the man had gone abroad, rumor followed him again or rather, most people, having taken this as a pre
To punish for these reasons, before they were caught, they made it their business to anticipate him. 6.104 gathering, therefore, suddenly and unexpec
6.107 this was the state of affairs, and the tyrant, having sped like the wind with his entire army, encamped somewhere before the city, and what was
Insulting and dancing over them. and when he saw some of these things and heard others, and i was standing near him, treating some of the things said
As many as happened to be standing by the emperor for they thought the tyrant would enter immediately and everyone would be destroyed. 6.114 and if a
Were thrown off from their aim within but then those who were pulling back the engine more vigorously, having swung back the sling, hurl one of the l
Placing his trust in the oaths, was not proved false. so, some of them had fled into one of the holy sanctuaries, and drawing their swords they threat
He showed a sun-like and fiery head, but as much as was on his chest and belly down to his feet and the opposite parts, it showed full of whatever mea
6.130 but i, even while writing of this man, am utterly astonished how at that time he endured, though assailed by such great pains for paralysis upo
Was corrupted, and anyone who wishes is made a citizen. indeed, one might find among us more wearers of goatskin who have changed their dress at any
As far as he had advanced, and how the emperor, having been unfortunate, was again fortunate against expectations. the emperor had a spirit cheerful f
Being announced by his finding.” so he went away at once to enjoy the agreed upon pleasures and when his banquets came to an end, he came in the even
For no small portion of flatterers was maintained by him, and one of the leaders with him, having made him entirely his own, happened to be the first
A symposium on these occasions more splendid than usual, and the emperor himself was host and master of the feast, but the chief among the guests was
All of our honorable things and those by which the roman empire was formerly envied. 6.154 and i, both then, was lamenting, seeing everything so consu
Her eyes poured forth with speech. 6.158 and having become the most ambitious of all women, and for this reason corrupting everything along with it, b
To hang from the tongue? 6.162 but i know not how i shall both preserve the truth of the history, and apportion to him the fitting reverence and yet
I will make clear that which lies in the midst of our discussion and is doubtful to both those who praise and those who blame i lift out from the oth
Flew down, some angel or a more divine soul, watching over the good governance of men and visiting the cities. -“but i am he for you,” the emperor had
Stealing the truth. 6.177 i, at any rate, hold to the true story and place these things far from the circle of his good qualities, just as, indeed, th
Makes him an initiator and an initiated, which the discourse as it proceeds will speak of more completely. 6.182 these things, therefore, being disput
Flowing from a center with an abundant stream, it ran over the whole surface without interval and houses around with colonnades on all sides and on b
They might increase, since they are not able to remain still, by the continuity of their movements they slide downhill, this indeed he himself did not
But he was stricken in his soul because he was about to be deprived immediately of such a man. 6.196 at any rate, the event immediately allowed me nei
And having snatched beforehand the better life. but when he had despaired of gentle persuasion, abandoning the fox’s skin he put on the lion’s, and ra
To oppose himself, changing with and revolving with that one, but he is composed truly, not rhetorically, being assimilated to and sympathizing, as it
She entrusted this office, knowing that he would very quickly be overthrown, being set forth as an occasion of envy for his messmates but seeking the
Incorruptible by money but if someone dining with him showed a cheerful face and “stretched forth his hands to the good cheer lying ready,” as the po
If she wanted a secret matter or to do something else of the hidden things, she would share with me the plan and the counsel. 6 τηεοδ.14 and so when i
Ferrying across, but those imitating them in appearance, but acting hypocritically in their opinions i mean the nazirites among us, who, being refash
They take hold of the scepters, and to these they first give both voice and sight who, as soon as they leap upon them and utter buffoonish cries, and
They withdrew. but being men of the east and truly neighbors, they were separated from each other by short distances. for these reasons, after waiting
With nothing new having happened, they neither planned against what had been dared, nor did they move the remaining divisions against their formations
A shout and an attack, but immediately gave way and was scattered, fearing that the victors might turn against them, and strengthening the fugitives t
I submit. -and what is this, he says, that you hold in reverence yourself and yet do not fully trust the embassy? -the man to whom you order me to cro
Us, he dismissed us to the tents, which had been pitched in order very near his own. so as we departed, we marveled at the man, that he did not at onc
Fearsome both in their looks and in their bearing, both groups with grey-blue eyes, but some adulterating the color, and emptying the edges of their e
I praised the reasonable course of advancing to imperial rule, and that such is the order: action, then indeed contemplation, and the practical man fi
You have, instead of these good tidings i shall be torn to pieces by your hands, are you not confirming the tyranny and becoming your own accusers? bu
After many days have passed, i will make this man a partner in the imperial power, having made necessary pretexts for his elevation to this but if i
And shouting aloud, they cursed the emperor and uttered every ill-omened word against him, but they acclaimed isaac as the only one most worthy of the
To their supporters. and so they stand towards one another, the luminary returns, and immediately everything was made manifest. 7.40 at any rate the w
Comnenus, a man vigorous in all things, immediately takes charge of the whole and begins the business of the empire from the very starting line for h
He was known by his words. 7.48 for indeed he was, if anyone else, most concise in speech, neither letting his tongue run on at length, nor inadequate
To remove the superfluities, but to introduce equalities, and to tear down some things, but build up others, to heal the inner parts, and to breathe i
Having brought it into its entrails, he took away what was natural, and deprived it of a civilized and political life, and almost drove it mad and mad
Building up, but the other, so that those who were by nature idle and useless for the order of the state might live in luxury and dishonor the reality
He ran through the whole world, and was crowned with every victory, and none of the emperors of old would have challenged him but his lack of restrai
Daring, and resisting all winds, some of them sank, snatched by the waves, while others were driven more violently away but for him the mixture of hi
Having slightly warmed the cut limbs of the horse, they devour them with the gore, and thus having refreshed themselves, they rush to the nearest huts
For the crane fell, dancing its death-dance, and now showing its front, now its back. 7.73 the emperor, then, delighting in both kinds of hunting, so
To lay a hand on the wrist, the first of the physicians, and there is no need to say his name: but do not even diagnose the artery, he says for th
Then indeed do you not pity us for our desolation? and what sort of soul do you have, that you withdraw yourself from the palace, but leave to me a mo
Saying and preserving what was fitting for him for this man feared not those who hated him, but those who were attached to him, and he blocked every
I might boast so much, but the emperor himself would know, how as a counterweight i was a counterweight, and i was assisting matters as they were carr
7 xonst.5 thus then having sketched him in outline, i shall at once write more broadly and articulate, just as indeed i promised to do for this wonder
As the account has detailed the whole matter in the histories concerning comnenus. 7 xonst.8 the entire multitude, then, had assented to and inclined
Around midnight he rouses himself a little, and realizing in what circumstances he <is>, and despairing of everything, and having seen the reigning em
This brought down the empire of the romans and changed matters for the worse, and yet i myself often tried to remove this malady from this emperor bu
Having gathered them, he sent them against those men, and god works a wonder, not less than the mosaic prodigies for as if seeing a stronger phalanx,
When they conspired against him, that he should not deprive these men of honour and money, but should treat them as purchased slaves instead of free m
She kept her judgment in all respects and i would make this defense for her, that even if she had changed at all, she was not overcome by pleasures n
The mother was sitting by the child's bed arise, she said, my most beautiful of sons and emperor, and receive your stepfather, not as a ruler in p
Guessing reasonably. 7 ευδ,ρομ.13 he had set out, at any rate, against the barbarians with his whole army, knowing neither where he was going nor what
These, as spring was dawning, were plundering the land of the romans and overrunning it in great numbers he therefore went out again, bringing with h
Some wanted the mother to be completely inactive, while others assigned the whole of the rule once again to her. but neither of these pleased me, for
7 eud,rom.29 so they indeed were thus but we with the empress, among whom i also happened to be, being ignorant of the affair, had become all but pet
When he was emperor, confessing thanks to him for his misfortune, bringing many soldiers he approaches this man, and urging him to be of good courage
He was seen with goodwill the second time, as much as the first time with hostility and he stood with andronikos, partly encouraging him, and partly
Was cast down and lamented but not even when the capture of diogenes was announced to the emperor, did he show any leap of joy, or display any other
A change of ideas, innovation, the poetic construction of his speech, and before all these things his love for philosophy, the height of his spiritual
7 μιξη.8 these things, then, are common for him towards all, but his feelings toward the author have no rivalry or comparison with others for he has
7 mixe.13 so they say that heracles saw ajax, son of telamon, while he was still being nursed and wrapped him in the lionskin, but i have often embrac
Becomes for us a source of much reverence, but being moderate everywhere and mixing seriousness with play, in this alone he is not to be restrained, n
And the creators of the whispered rumors, the wicked men who sow tares and who, out of sheer malice, fabricate things that are not, whose irrational o
unformed, by which another temple is built up within us, well-pleasing and acceptable to the Lord? But that man knew how to philosophize in his inquiries, with sorites and nobody-syllogisms, but in his deeds he did not quite know how to display the philosophical. But while it was necessary, if one must transgress at all regarding external ornaments, to take care of the palace and adorn the acropolis and join together what was broken, and to make the imperial treasuries full and consider this money for military purposes, he neglected this, and so that his church might be shown to be more beautiful than the others, he ruined everything else. If, then, one must say this too, he was mad about the work, and he often wished to see it with many eyes; whence also, having arranged for it the layout of imperial courts, setting up thrones and adorning them with scepters and hanging purple curtains, he spent the greater part of the year there, being both beautified and cheered by the beauty of the buildings. And wishing to adorn the Mother of God with a name more beautiful than the others, he inadvertently named her something more human, even if the name is Peribleptos, as she is truly conspicuous. 3.16 In addition to these things, another addition had been made, and the church became a lodging for monks; again, therefore, were the beginnings of other injustices and excesses greater than the former ones; and he did not benefit so much from arithmetic or geometry as to subtract something from the size or the number, just as geometers subtracted the variegated, but just as in the buildings he wished to have an infinite size, so too he extended the number among the monks; hence, therefore, the analogies: just as there the multitudes corresponded to the size, so here the contributions corresponded to the multitudes. So another inhabited world was searched, and the sea beyond the Pillars of Hercules was sought out, so that the one might bring fine delicacies, and the other monstrous and whale-like fish; and since it seemed to him that Anaxagoras was lying when he defined infinite worlds, he cut off the greatest part of our continent and consecrated it to the church; and thus adding sizes to sizes and multitudes to multitudes, and conquering the first excesses with second ones, and defining and circumscribing nothing for these, he would never have stopped putting one thing upon another in his ambition, if the measure of his life had not been limited. 3.17 And indeed there is a story that it was cut short for him because of a certain cause, which I, wishing to tell, say this much beforehand. This emperor was unsuited for other things and especially for living with a wife; for whether wishing to be chaste at the beginning, or turning to other loves, as the common story goes, he had come to despise the empress Zoe, and he abstained from union with her and was in every way averse to her company; but this provoked her to hatred, both that the imperial family was so despised in her person, and especially her desire for union, which even if she did not have it on account of her age, she had at least on account of the luxury in the palace. 3.18t Concerning the introduction of Michael to the emperor by his brother. This, then, is the prologue of the story, and the plot that happened was something like this. Serving this emperor before his reign were certain others and a certain eunuch, of mean and fallen fortune, but as for judgment, a most clever doer; with this man indeed the emperor Basil was most intimate, and he shared his secrets, not having raised him to arrogant offices, but being most genuinely disposed towards him. And he had a brother, who in the time before the reign was still a youth, but after this had grown a beard and already reached a more mature age; and his body was most beautifully formed in other respects, and his face was of precise comeliness; for he was both fresh-complexioned and his eye
ἀσχημάτιστον, δι' ὧν ἕτερός τις ἡμῖν ἔνδον οἰκοδομεῖται νεὼς εὐπρόσδεκτος Κυρίῳ καὶ εὐαπόδεκτος; Ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνος φιλοσοφεῖν μὲν
ᾔδει ἐν τοῖς ζητήμασιν, καὶ συλλογισμοὺς σωρείτας καὶ οὔτιδας, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἔργων τὸ φιλόσοφον ἐπιδείκνυσθαι οὐ πάνυ ἠπίστατο.
Ἀλλὰ δέον, εἴ τι καὶ περὶ τοὺς ἐκτὸς κόσμους παρανομεῖν χρὴ, τῶν τε βασιλείων ἐπιμελεῖσθαι καὶ κατακοσμεῖν τὴν ἀκρόπολιν καὶ
τὰ διερρωγότα συνάπτειν, πλήρεις τε τοὺς βασιλείους ποιεῖν θησαυροὺς καὶ στρατιωτικὰ ταῦτα ἡγεῖσθαι τὰ χρή ματα, ὁ δὲ τούτου
μὲν ἠμέλει, ὅπως δὲ ὁ ναὸς αὐτῷ καλλίων παρὰ τοὺς ἄλλους δεικνύοιτο, τἄλλα κατελυμαίνετο. Εἰ δεῖ οὖν καὶ τοῦτ' εἰπεῖν, ἐμεμήνει
περὶ τὸ ἔργον, καὶ πολλάκις τοῦτο καὶ πολλοῖς ἐβούλετο ὁρᾶν ὀφθαλμοῖς· ὅθεν καὶ σχήματα τούτῳ βασιλείων αὐλῶν περιθέμενος,
θρόνους τε καθιδρύσας καὶ σκήπτροις κατακοσμήσας καὶ φοινικίδας παραπετάσας, ἐκεῖσε τὸ πολὺ τοῦ ἔτους ἐποίει, τῷ κάλλει τῶν
οἰκοδομημάτων καλλυνόμενός τε καὶ φαιδρυνόμενος. Βουλόμενος δὲ καὶ τὴν Θεομήτορα καλλίονι τῶν ἄλλων κατακοσμῆσαι ὀνόματι,
ἔλαθεν ἀνθρωπικώτερον ταύτην ἐπο νομάσας, εἰ καὶ Περίβλεπτός ἐστι τοὔνομα ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡ περίβλεπτος. 3.16 Ἐπὶ τούτοις καὶ προσθήκη
τις ἑτέρα προσεγεγό νει, καὶ ὁ ναὸς καταγωγὴ γίνεται μοναστῶν· πάλιν οὖν ἑτέρων ἀδικημάτων ἀρχαὶ καὶ μείζους τῶν προτέρων
ὑπερ βολαί· καὶ οὐδὲ τοσοῦτον ἐξ ἀριθμητικῆς ἢ γεωμετρίας ὤνητο, ἵνα τι ἀφέλοι τοῦ μεγέθους ἢ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ, ὥσπερ οἱ γεωμετροῦντες
τὸ ποικίλον ἀφείλαντο, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖς οἰκοδομαῖς ἄπειρον ἐβούλετο τὸ μέγεθος ἔχειν, οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἐν τοῖς μονασταῖς τὸν
ἀριθμὸν παρεξέτεινεν· ἐντεῦθεν οὖν τὰ ἀνάλογα· ὥσπερ ἐκεῖ τῷ μεγέθει τὰ πλήθη, οὕτως ἐνταῦθα τοῖς πλήθεσιν αἱ συνεισφοραί.
Ἑτέρα γοῦν τις οἰκουμένη διηρευνᾶτο, καὶ ἡ ἐκτὸς Ἡρακλείων ἀνεζητεῖτο θάλασσα, ἵν' ἐκείνη μὲν ὡραῖα τρωκτὰ, αὕτη δὲ τοὺς πελωρίους
καὶ κητώδεις κομίζοι ἰχθῦς· καὶ ἐπεὶ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ ψεύδεσθαι ὁ Ἀναξαγόρας ἀπείρους ὁριζόμενος κόσμους, τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς καθ'
ἡμᾶς ἠπείρου ὑποτεμόμενος καθοσιοῖ τῷ νεῴ· καὶ οὕτω μεγέθη μὲν μεγέθεσι καὶ πλήθη ἐπισυνάπτων πλήθεσι, καὶ τὰς πρώτας ὑπερβολὰς
ταῖς δευτέραις νικῶν, καὶ μηδὲν τούτοις ὁρίζων καὶ περιγράφων, οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἔληξεν ἄλλο ἐπ' ἄλλῳ συντιθεὶς καὶ φιλοτιμούμενος,
εἰ μὴ τὸ μέτρον αὐτῷ τῆς ζωῆς περιώριστο. 3.17 Ὃ δὴ καὶ λόγος ἐστὶν ὑποτμηθῆναι αὐτῷ ἐξ αἰτίας τινὸς, ἣν ἐρεῖν βουλόμενος
τοσοῦτον προλέγω. Ἀνε πιτηδείως εἶχεν οὗτος ὁ βασιλεὺς τά τε ἄλλα καὶ πρὸς συμβίωσιν γυναικός· εἴτε γὰρ σωφρονεῖν βουλόμενος
τὸ κατ' ἀρχὰς, εἴτε πρὸς ἑτέρους, ὡς ὁ τῶν πολλῶν λόγος, στραφεὶς ἔρωτας, καταπεφρονήκει μὲν τῆς βασιλίδος Ζωῆς, ἀπείχετό
τε τῆς πρὸς αὐτὴν μίξεως καὶ πάντη ἀποστρόφως πρὸς τὴν κοινωνίαν εἶχεν· τὴν δὲ ἀνηρέθιζε μὲν πρὸς μῖσος καὶ τὸ βασίλειον γένος
τοσοῦτον ἐπ' ἐκείνῃ καταφρονούμενον, μά λιστα δὲ ἡ περὶ τὴν μῖξιν ἐπιθυμία, ἣν εἰ καὶ μὴ διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν εἶχεν, ἀλλὰ διά γε
τὴν ἐν βασιλείοις τρυφήν. 3.18τ Περὶ τῆς τοῦ Μιχαὴλ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰσαγωγῆς παρὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ. Οὗτος μὲν οὖν ὁ τοῦ
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