thus also most wretchedly he was driven from life. And a certain Theotecnus, having lapsed into Hellenism, his entire flesh having rotted at once and having become matter for worms, and indeed his eyes having been gouged out by them, finally turned to madness and having eaten his own tongue, was sent from bitter torments to much harsher punishments. And the divine performed many such wonders, exacting commensurate penalties from those who were shamelessly impious. 7.14 That Julian, he says, having commanded Jerusalem to be rebuilt, so that he might prove the Lord's prophecies concerning them invalid, accomplished entirely the opposite of what he had striven for. For other supernatural portents assailing the work stopped it, and indeed as the foundations were being prepared, one of the stones, set in the lowest foundation, moved and revealed the mouth of a certain cave worked into the rock. And since it was impossible to see what was inside on account of the depth, those in charge of the work, wishing to know the certainty of it, let down one of the workers, having tied him with a long rope. And he, having been let down, found water standing in the cave up to the middle of his shins; and going all around and touching the walls, he recognized the cave was square, and returning and coming to the middle, he came upon a certain column projecting a little from the water; on which, placing his hand, he found a book lying upon it, wrapped in a very fine and very clean linen cloth. And having picked up the book as he found it, he signaled that he should be brought up. And having been brought up, he showed the book and brought everyone to amazement, especially because it presented a new and untouched appearance, and because it was found in that place. And the book, then (which astonished the Hellenists and Jews even more), when unrolled right at the beginning, said in large letters: “20In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”20 And simply, the whole writing showed itself to be the gospel which the theological tongue of the disciple and virgin evangelized. And it made clear, then, along with the other paradoxical works which were shown from heaven at that time, that the Lord's decree would never fall, which had foretold the final 20desolation20 of the temple. For the book both declared as God the one who had prophesied these things and the creator of all, and it was a refutation of those who were laboring in vain on the building, since the divine and unchangeable decree had condemned the temple to final destruction. However, Jerusalem was formerly called Jebus, with those of the tribe of Benjamin inhabiting it, before David the king, having taken it through Joab with the promise of a generalship, both gave him the promise as he had undertaken, and having himself built a city in it, made it the metropolis of the whole nation of the Hebrews. 7.15 That the apostate, having been persuaded by the oracles of the Hellenes from all quarters that he would hold invincible power, marches against the Persians. But a certain old man among the Persians, having enclosed the campaigning army in remote deserts and impossible straits, in which the greater part of the people perished, provides the enemy as ready prey to his countrymen. And the Persian force drives against them, bringing along also the Saracen lancers who were under treaty; one of whom, extending his spear against Julian, strikes him with strength in the abdomen, and as the spear-point was drawn out, some filth followed, being drawn out with the blood. Then one of the bodyguards, attacking the Saracen who had thrown it, cuts off his head. And Julian, having been mortally wounded, his attendants quickly taking him up on a shield, withdrew to the tent. And to many, because the blow happened suddenly and quickly and it was not even seen from where it was delivered, it was thought that the injury came from his own men. But the wretched Julian, catching the blood from the wound with his hands, sprinkled it toward the sun, saying distinctly to it: “Be satisfied.” Yes, indeed, he also called the other gods evil and destroyers. However, the best of the physicians, the Lydian

οὕτως καὶ παναθλίως τῆς ζωῆς ἀπελήλαται. καὶ Θεότεκνος δέ τις, πρὸς τὸν Ἑλληνισμὸν ἀπορρυείς, πᾶσαν ἀθρόως τὴν σάρκα διασαπεὶς καὶ σκωλήκων ὕλη γεγονώς, καὶ δὴ καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἐξορυχθείς, τελευτῶν εἰς μανίαν ἐτράπη καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γλῶτταν καταφαγὼν ἐκ πικρῶν βασάνων εἰς πολὺ χαλεπώτερα παρεπέμφθη κολαστήρια. καὶ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα τὸ θεῖον ἐτερατούργει, ἀντιρρόπους τὰς ποινὰς παρὰ τῶν ἀναίδην ἀσεβούντων εἰσπραττόμενον. 7.14 Ὅτι προστάξας, φησίν, Ἰουλιανὸς τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀνοικοδομεῖσθαι, ὡς ἂν τὰς περὶ αὐτῶν δεσποτικὰς προρρήσεις ἀκύρους ἐλέγξῃ, τοὐναντίον ἅπαν ὧν ἐσπούδασεν ἐξειργάσατο. ἄλλα τε γὰρ τέρατα ὑπερφυῆ τὸ ἔργον κατασκήψαντα ἐπέσχεν καὶ δὴ καὶ τῶν θεμελίων εὐτρεπιζομένων εἷς τῶν λίθων, τῶν εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην κρηπῖδα τεταγμένων, κινηθεὶς στόμιον ἄντρου τινὸς παρέδειξεν ἐνειργασμένου τῇ πέτρᾳ. ὡς δ' ἄπορον ἦν διὰ τὸ βάθος ἰδεῖν τὰ ἔνδον, βουλόμενοι γνῶναι τὸ σαφὲς οἱ τοῖς ἔργοις ἐφεστῶτες καθιᾶσί τινα τῶν ἐργατῶν σχοίνου μακρᾶς ἐκδησάμενοι. ὁ δὲ καθιμηθεὶς ὕδωρ μὲν εὗρεν εἰς μέσας κνήμας κατὰ τὸ ἄντρον συνεστηκός· πανταχῆ δὲ περιελθὼν καὶ τῶν τοίχων ἐφαψάμενος, τετράγωνον μὲν τὸ ἄντρον ἔγνω, ἀναστρέφων δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὸ μέσον γεγονώς, ἐντυγχάνει στήλῃ τινὶ βραχὺ διεχούσῃ τοῦ ὕδατος· ᾗ τὴν χεῖρα ἐπιβαλὼν εὑρίσκει βιβλίον αὐτῇ ἐπικείμενον, λεπτοτάτῳ καὶ καθαρωτάτῳ περιειλημένον ἡμιτυβίῳ. ἀνελόμενος δὲ ὡς εὗρεν τὸ βιβλίον, σημαίνει δεῖν αὐτὸν ἀνακομίζειν. Ἀνακομισθεὶς δὲ ἐπιδείκνυσι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ εἰς θάμβος ἅπαντας ἄγει, μάλιστα δ' ὅτι καὶ νεουργὸν καὶ ἀθιγῆ παρεῖχε τὴν θέαν, καὶ ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῳ ἀνευρεθὲν τῷ χωρίῳ. τὸ δὲ ἄρα τὸ βιβλίον (ὃ καὶ πλέον Ἑλληνιστὰς καὶ Ἰουδαίους κατέπληξεν) εὐθὺς κατ' ἀρχὰς ἀναπτυχθὲν μεγάλοις ἔλεγε γράμμασιν· «20ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.»20 καὶ ἁπλῶς ὁλόκληρον ἡ γραφὴ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἐδείκνυ, ὅπερ ἡ θεολόγος τοῦ μαθητοῦ καὶ παρθένου εὐηγγελίσατο γλῶσσα. ἐδήλου δὲ ἄρα μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων παραδόξων ἔργων, ἃ κατ' ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ οὐρανόθεν ἐπεδείχθη, μὴ ἄν ποτε διαπεσεῖν τὴν δεσποτικὴν ἀπόφασιν, ἥτις τὴν εἰς τέλος 20ἐρήμωσιν20 τοῦ νεὼ προανεῖπεν. καὶ γὰρ θεόν τε ἐθεολόγει τὸ βιβλίον τὸν ταῦτα προτεθεσπικότα καὶ δημιουργὸν ἁπάντων καὶ ἔλεγχος ἦν τοῦ μάτην ἐκείνους περὶ τὴν οἰκοδομὴν πονεῖσθαι, τῆς θείας καὶ ἀμεταθέτου ψήφου τὸν εἰς τέλος τοῦ νεὼ ἀφανισμὸν καταψηφισαμένης. Τὰ μέντοι Ἱεροσόλυμα Ἰεβοὺς πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο, τῶν τῆς Βενιαμίτιδος φυλῆς ταύτην ἐνοικούντων, πρὶν ἢ ∆αυῒδ ὁ βασιλεύς, ὑποσχέσει στρατηγίας ἑλὼν αὐτὴν διὰ τοῦ Ἰωάβου, ἐκείνῳ τε τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν ὡς ὑπεδέξατο δίδωσι καὶ αὐτὸς πόλιν ἐν αὐτῇ δειμάμενος μητρόπολιν τοῦ παντὸς ἔθνους τῶν Ἑβραίων ἀπειργάσατο. 7.15 Ὅτι, τοῖς πανταχόθεν χρησμοῖς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὁ παραβάτης ἀναπεισθεὶς ὡς ἄμαχον ἕξει τὸ κράτος, κατὰ Περσῶν ἐκστρατεύει. γέρων δέ τις τῶν παρὰ Πέρσαις τῆς στρατευόμενον καὶ ἐρημίαις ἐκτόποις καὶ ἀμηχάνοις συγκλείσας ἀπορίαις, ἐν οἷς τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ λαοῦ διεφθάρη, ἕτοιμον θήραμα τοὺς πολεμίους τοῖς ὁμοφύλοις παρέχεται. Τὸ δὲ Περσικὸν ἐπελαύνει κατ' αὐτῶν, συνεπαγόμενον καὶ τοὺς ὑποσπόνδους κοντοφόρους Σαρακηνούς· ὧν εἷς ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰουλιανὸν τὸ δόρυ ἐκτείνας πλήττει μὲν αὐτὸν ἐν ἰσχύϊ κατὰ τὸ περιτόναιον, ἅμα δὲ τῇ αἰχμῇ ἐξελκομένῃ καὶ κόπρος τις ἐπηκολούθησε συνεπισπωμένη τῷ αἵματι. εἶτα τὸν μὲν βαλόντα Σαρακηνὸν εἷς τῶν δορυφόρων ἐπελθὼν τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀποτέμνει. τρωθέντα δὲ καιρίαν τὸν Ἰουλιανὸν οἱ οἰκεῖοι διὰ τάχους ἀναλαβόντες ἐπ' ἀσπίδος, εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν ἀπεχώρουν. καὶ τοῖς πολλοῖς, διὰ τὸ ἀθρόον καὶ δι' ὀλίγου συμβῆναι τὴν πληγὴν καὶ μηδ' ὅθεν ἰδεῖν ἠνέχθη, παρὰ τῶν οἰκείων ἐνομίσθη τὸ πάθος προελθεῖν. Ἀλλ' ὅ γε δείλαιος Ἰουλιανὸς τοῦ τραύματος ταῖς χερσὶν ὑποδεχόμενος τὸ αἷμα πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ἀπέρραινεν, διαρρήδην πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων· «κορέσθητι». ναὶ δὴ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους θεοὺς κακούς τε καὶ ὀλετῆρας ἐκάλει. Ἰατρῶν μέντοι γε ἄριστος ὁ Λυδὸς