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flashing from the teacher's head and showing the composition of the letters of the divine oracles; for he happened to be holding a book and was seeking the inviolable treasure of the divine will. And when the wonderful Eusebius saw this, he was filled with awe and became full of dread, and he was taught the grace poured out upon the servant of God and learned of God’s good will toward His slaves. 3.7 At another time, while the great Marcian was praying in the forecourt, a serpent, creeping up to the wall facing east, peeped over the top of the wall, both gaping and looking fierce, and signifying its treachery. But Eusebius, standing far off, and fearing that dreadful sight, and suspecting that his teacher was unaware, pointed it out, shouting and beseeching him to flee. But he, rebuking him and ordering him to cast out cowardice—for this too is a destructive passion—prefigured the cross with his finger, and breathed with his mouth, and manifested the ancient enmity. And it, as if withered by some fire from the breath of his mouth and as if set ablaze, was dissolved into many parts like burnt-up straw. 3.8 See then if he has not imitated the Master as a well-disposed servant. For the Master, when the sea once raged against the disciples' boat, seeing them in distress, did not calm the surge of the sea before he had first, by a rebuke, put a stop to the disciples' lack of faith. Hence this wonderful man, having been taught these things, first cast out the student's cowardice, and then handed the beast over to punishment. 3.9 Such was the wisdom and wonder-working and boldness toward God of the great Marcian; but nevertheless, although deemed worthy of such grace and able to work great wonders, he was eager to hide his power, being suspicious of the schemes of the thief of virtue; for by sowing the passion of arrogance, he attempts to steal the fruits gathered with labor. And while eager to hide the given grace, he worked wonders unwillingly, as the splendor of his achievements flashed forth and laid bare his hidden power. And indeed, it once happened that such a thing occurred. A certain man of the nobility who had often been entrusted with military commands, coming from Beroea in Syria, whose daughter had for a long time been in a Corybantic frenzy and was troubled by an evil demon and was raging, came to the desert, being an acquaintance of the great Marcian, expecting to meet him and entreat him because of their former acquaintance. But being disappointed in his hope and having missed the sight of the divine servant, he beseeches a certain elder who at that time had been entrusted with the service of the divine man to take a small flask full of oil and place it beside the very door of the small dwelling. And the elder, though he had often refused the attempt, and was often again entreated, yielded to the supplication. And hearing the sound, the great Marcian inquired who he was and what he had come for. But he concealed the true reason, and pretended to have come to learn if he commanded anything; and saying this, he was sent away. But at dawn, the girl's father again beseeched that the flask be given back to him; and he, although afraid, nevertheless went away as quietly as he could, and stretching out his hand and taking the flask, he tried to remain unseen. But he again inquired what he had come for. And when he stated the same reason that he had declared in the evening, the divine man, being annoyed since the elder's arrival was contrary to custom, ordered him to report the truth. And he, fearing and trembling and not being able to hide the one who was full of divine grace, said who had come, and of the suffering the

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διδασκάλου κορυφῆς ἀπαστράπτον καὶ τῶν θείων λογίων ὑποδεικνῦον τὴν τῶν γραμμάτων συνθήκην· καὶ γὰρ βιβλίον κατέχων ἐτύγχανε καὶ τὸν ἄσυλον θησαυρὸν ἐπεζήτει τοῦ θείου θελήματος. Τοῦτο δὲ θεασάμενος Εὐσέβιος ὁ θαυμάσιος δέους τε ἐνεπίμπλατο καὶ φρίκης μεστὸς ἐγίνετο καὶ τὴν κατακεχυμένην τοῦ θείου θεράποντος ἐδιδάσκετο χάριν καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν περὶ τοὺς δούλους ἐμάνθανεν εὔνοιαν. 3.7 Ἄλλοτε δὲ ἐν τῷ προαυλίῳ τοῦ μεγάλου προσευχο μένου Μαρκιανοῦ, δράκων τις ἀνερπύσας εἰς τὸν πρὸς ἕω τετραμμένον τοῖχον, ἄνωθεν τοῦ τοίχου διέκυψε κεχηνώς τε ἅμα καὶ βλοσυρὸν βλέπων, καὶ τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν σημαίνων. Πόρρω δὲ ἑστὼς ὁ Εὐσέβιος, καὶ τὸ φρικῶδες ἐκεῖνο θέαμα δείσας, καὶ τὸν διδάσκαλον ἀγνοεῖν ὑποτοπήσας, ὑπεδείκνυ βοῶν καὶ φυγεῖν ἀντιβολῶν. Ὁ δὲ ἐπιτιμήσας καὶ τὴν δειλίαν ἐκβαλεῖν κελεύσας-πάθος γὰρ εἶναι καὶ ταύτην ὀλέθριον-, τῷ μὲν δακτύλῳ τὸν σταυρὸν προετύπωσεν, ἐνεφύσησε δὲ τῷ στόματι καὶ τὴν παλαιὰν παρεδήλωσεν ἔχθραν. Ὁ δὲ καθάπερ τινι πυρὶ τῷ τοῦ στόματος πνεύματι αὐανθεὶς καὶ οἱονεὶ ἐμπρησθεὶς, καλάμης δίκην καταφλεχ θείσης εἰς πολλὰ διελύθη. 3.8 Ὅρα μοι τοίνυν εἰ μὴ τὸν δεσπότην ὡς εὔνους οἰκέτης μεμίμηται. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ δεσπότης, τῆς θαλάττης ἐπιμανείσης ποτὲ τῷ σκάφει τῶν μαθητῶν, ἀγωνιῶντας τούτους θεασά μενος, οὐ πρότερον τῆς θαλάττης τὴν ζάλην ἐστόρεσε πρὶν ἢ τῶν μαθητῶν ἐπιτιμήσει καταπαῦσαι τὴν ἀπιστίαν. Ἐντεῦθεν ὁ θαυμάσιος οὗτος ταῦτα πεπαιδευμένος, πρῶτον τοῦ φοιτητοῦ τὴν δειλίαν ἐξέβαλεν, εἶθ' οὕτω τὸ θηρίον τιμωρίᾳ παρέδωκεν. 3.9 Τοιαύτη τοῦ μεγάλου Μαρκιανοῦ καὶ ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ θαυματουργία καὶ ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν παρρησία· ἀλλ' ὅμως καὶ τοιαύτης χάριτος ἠξιωμένος καὶ θαυματουργεῖν μεγάλα δυνάμενος, κρύπτειν ἐσπούδαζε τὴν ἰσχὺν, τοῦ λωποδύτου τῆς ἀρετῆς τὰς μηχανὰς ὑφορώμενος· τὸ γὰρ τῆς ἀλαζονείας ὑποσπείρων πάθος, τοὺς πόνῳ συλλεγέντας καρποὺς λῃστεύειν ἐπιχειρεῖ. Καὶ κρύπτειν δὲ τὴν δεδομένην προθυμούμενος χάριν, ἄκων ἐθαυματούργει, τῆς τῶν κατορθωμάτων αἴγλης ἀπαστραπτούσης καὶ τὴν κεκρυμμένην δύναμιν παραγυ μνούσης. Καὶ δήποτε τοιόνδε συνέβη γενέσθαι. Ἀνήρ τις τῶν εὐπατριδῶν καὶ ἀρχὰς στρατιωτικὰς πολλάκις ἐγχειρισθείς, ἀπὸ Βεροίας τῆς Συρίας ὁρμώμενος, τῆς θυγατρὸς ἐπὶ χρόνῳ πολλῷ κορυβαντιώσης καὶ ὑπὸ πονηροῦ δαίμονος ἐνοχλουμένης καὶ λυττώσης, καταλαμ βάνει τὴν ἔρημον, συνήθης μὲν ὢν τοῦ μεγάλου Μαρκιανοῦ, συντεύξεσθαι δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀντιβολήσειν διὰ τὴν προτέραν συνήθειαν προσδοκῶν. Ψευσθεὶς δὲ τῆς ἐλπίδος καὶ τῆς θέας διαμαρτὼν τοῦ θείου θεράποντος, ἱκετεύει τινὰ πρεσ βύτην ὃς κατ' ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ τὴν τοῦ θείου ἀνδρὸς διακονίαν ἐγκεχείριστο μικρὸν ληκύθιον ἐλαίου πλῆρες ὑποδέξασθαί τε καὶ παρ' αὐτὴν θεῖναι τοῦ οἰκιδίου τὴν θύραν. Ὁ δὲ πρεσβύτης, πολλάκις μὲν τὴν ἐγχείρησιν ἀρνηθείς, πολλάκις δὲ πάλιν παρακληθείς, ἥττων τῆς ἱκετείας ἐγένετο. Τοῦ δὲ κτύπου αἰσθόμενος ὁ μέγας Μαρκιανὸς ἐπυνθάνετο τίς τε εἴη καὶ τί δεόμενος ἥκοι. Ὁ δὲ τὴν μὲν ἀληθῆ πρόφασιν ἔκρυπτεν, ἐσκήπτετο δὲ ἀφῖχθαι ὡς μαθησόμενος μή τι κελεύοι· καὶ τοῦτο λέγων ἀπεπέμπετο. Ὑπὸ δὲ τὴν ἕω πάλιν τῆς κόρης ὁ πατὴρ ἱκέτευεν ἀποδοθῆναι αὑτῷ τὸ ληκύθιον· ὁ δὲ δεδιὼς μέν, ἀπῄει δ' ὅμως ἡσυχῇ ᾗ ἠδύνατο, καὶ τὴν χεῖρα προτείνας καὶ τὸ ληκύθιον λαβὼν ἐπειρᾶτο λανθάνειν. Ὁ δὲ πάλιν ἐπύθετο τί βουλόμενος ἥκοι. Ὡς δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔφη πρόφασιν ἣν καὶ ἑσπέρας ἐδήλωσε, δυσχεράνας ὁ θεῖος ἀνήρ, ἅτε δὴ παρὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς γεγενημένην τοῦ πρεσβύτου τὴν ἄφιξιν, τἀληθῆ ἀπαγγέλλειν ἐκέλευεν. Ὁ δὲ δειμαίνων καὶ τρέμων καὶ κρύπτειν τὸν τῆς θείας χάριτος ἀνάπλεων οὐ δυνάμενος, τίς τε ἥκοι ἔλεγε, καὶ τοῦ πάθους τὴν