Orationes forenses et acta
Each one of you has received benefits from him, that having set this forth here with goodwill toward him you might sway the votes, and by showing favo
Having beset it and stirred herself up to be divinely inspired and worked herself into a bacchic frenzy. now, that the many are deceived by this, i do
Of her, nor anything else of the things forbidden to me, but which are proclaimed and honored by them. for someone might perhaps excuse him for the fi
To be enumerated? for divination is for the time being sufficient. but i think, if this had happened before, he would have nobly recorded these things
Of the difference of theurgies, at the end he adds: one must remove in advance all obstacles to the visitation of the gods and impose a total tranqui
In these matters i would gladly ask of you, whether it is permitted for a priest to be initiated into such mysteries and to be deemed worthy of such r
Immediately, therefore, all blushed, or rather, indeed, they shouted with their voices and condemned the leaders of the impiety and named their writin
Has he discerned? but if indeed the part of the synod has not joined with the senate council nor with the chosen of the nazirites—for this part was no
Aristotle's theology and the psychogony of plato and the new numbers and the remodeling of doctrines and the expense of the divisible, who of all ever
What argument is left to you concerning this, or how is it that you dispute with one another over matters of such importance and postpone the decision
And i gladly admire in you the encomium of the good man in your memorandum. for where he holds on to the whole and bears the burden of common cares, y
All those, with whom we disagree, have advocated for confusions or divisions. for what do matter and ideas have in common with our doctrines? but sinc
And of the one who is lifted up and of the one seated on it. know the cherubic and seraphic wings, the perfection of their number, the symbolic coveri
They have shaken. for if they happened to be uninitiated in our doctrines and completely uninstructed in the mysteries of the spirit, perhaps, having
For he who receives a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, from the contrary and greater, he who receives an impious man will receive the punishme
He has despised all things equally, although the law, standing as it were at his ears, cried out: let no one teach or learn profane things. and agai
He both strung together and vomited up, this twenty-third writing he thinks, or rather he places it between those who were then in every way our own p
Depicting the madness of nestorian rage. i have left it to you to compare it with the dogmas of the massalians. i brought forth to them from the inner
The patriarch has acted impiously, clearly and openly. and it is not permitted for any of you who wish, nor for those zealous on his behalf, to defend
And having brought over certain forces from the west, he stirred them up for war, and they come face to face with each other from both sides. and a fi
Delaying he is persuaded and is moderate and descends with them. and he dares against two emperors, of whom the one the imperial court held, adorned w
Being torn apart. but pilate sat judging my divinely-moved emperor, the lord's anointed, who was being considered, not hesitating, not washing his han
To kill the emperor, unless he came down quickly and bowed his head to him, but he, fearing the tyrannical cruelty and cowering lest he suffer anythin
An innovative rank and would come to be below. there, then, the morning star raged against the first goodness, but here the evening star has attacked
Demonic in his life. but again i have turned to you, the judges, and again i ask: has anything been dared by this man or not? you will surely say the
Then failing to achieve their purpose, they chose to strike and kill. is it not clear to all that, while digging through and breaking into the houses
Ruin, if he should object saying that he neither urged these things nor wished them, but even punished many of those who dared with all punishments, w
In the parts on the right, somewhere near the entrance, but you have immediately ascended into heaven on earth itself, as if considering it a terrible
Disregarding the divine temples, he was destroying them? and he did not cease, piling one on top of another and making them abandoned ruins. for not o
Leaning together walls collapsed together with their icons and statues. and everything was as if in a great earthquake, the air being darkened, the e
And the remains of the apostle luke are burned by fire and reduced to dust. i fear that the bodies of martyrs also lay here. i am afraid that some of
I shall grant you this also. he had no need, it is true, of the burial robes. i admit it, since they had all already decayed. but he did have need of
Let us not even examine the scene after that, but let these things be considered by him as theaters and hunts. but where the mercy-seat is, and around
Seeing what was happening was exulting and rejoicing, like of old the whelp of the beast, i mean the one from isauria. but you consider for me what a
Fire was burning us and the zeal of the lord was consuming us, long ago the man would have perished, or rather, he would not even have had access to t
To me the macedonian, to the right the spear, at a walk the half-file leader, captain, wheel around. and nothing new nor incredible for one who has
I pray with the high priest, but the mixture and the sheath which has grown with us turns the mind, being raised aloft, back toward itself. therefore
He would trace his genealogy from cronus and rhea and from those even further back, i mean hericapaeus and phanes and that orphic night and he traced
And the same color over all, none of which moved or influenced him? but never to converse even with the more divine words nor to unroll any tablet, th
The emperor's treasury is not supplied only from mines nor from the recesses of the earth, nor do tributes alone fill it, nor contributions from land
And to speak of the audacity, or rather—but how could i speak, intertwining things?—and the diligently pursued plot, through which almost everything w
Granting that you may meet with more benevolent judges above. and then the drink of deposition here will truly appear to you as a purification. and ma
Suspicious to many. but if he has nothing in common with the one he has chosen to accuse, nor has anything come between them, it is somehow still unac
They anticipate my tongue, scattering against me the things they did wrong on account of their own greed, and i confidently awaited the court, as one
To vote against a priest on the spot the penance exceeds all punishment the examination and the penance must proceed canonically. and, as it seems,
Of the whole age, an unbeliever, so that i may speak truly, to believe against a believer? for this would be far from reason and thought. for where we
But i, but what might i say about this? he living the life of a private citizen, but i clothed in the high-priestly vestment. and such a man is agains
With misfortunes and your example, for the sake of argument, let someone come forward as a condemned man to have his neck cut. and let the sword be ha
Do you receive? for the pardon testifies that the deposition did not seem so even to himself. for if, according to you, it is like a cutting off, what
Is the cause the comparison of the matter to a beheading? for from this, one absurdity having been granted, these many nonsensical things were consequ
An evil tale about me for years, leave me to my former wounds, do not card new ones upon me. so may the lord heal you, if indeed there is anything in
This is the law of accusation and defense, and from this the precise examination of matters is found. but he introduced a new kind of writing into the
Of voice, for not even this is unworthy of the art, and with a rhythmic turn of the tongue, you perhaps might only approach him, you who indeed gaped
Has been debarred from studies? but for you in deep old age, what share is there of education? who of all people has known you, as far as i know, afte
Which they say came into being of their own accord. but these things are not acceptable to you, and for this reason we shall laugh at you again, havin
Ever, not in courts, not in counsels, not in public, not in private. for this was not even without accusation, but the speech had some defense. from w
And the nature of fire did not burn, and the steep rock sent forth springs, and the wood here sweetened the bitterness, and there lightened the heavy
Did he transcend this time? and it is likely, o best one, for christ possessed a nature more free even according to human standards. whether, then, th
From himself, having allotted a great portion of reason to his soul this man, therefore, having long ago established for himself a little adopted dau
A contest, but more brilliant was the victory of elpidius, and he went away having overcome the vestarches by all votes and crowning himself with the
Receiving. when the most compassionate soul heard this supplication, since she also knew the circumstances concerning the bestarches, and that for man
I will let my tongue go from forbidden deeds. and first i shame myself relating unspeakable and improper things, since i will also become a stumbling
The amounts owed will be reckoned against each other, and the fine will be reckoned to elpidios in place of the protospatharios's fee, and the protosp
Having received a seaside property from him, i give back to him in exchange a mainland one as a permanent dwelling by gift. but the kalai property was
Most complete, not measured by time, not defined by partial successions nor by these alienations or those, but eternal, sufficient for all successions
Indicating by the documents, which it is also necessary to go through in order. and so that we may make the summaries concise, and not, by going throu
At that time for the ruler to ratify to her through a gift of a golden bull the property which he had previously granted to the man, not having been i
But the rest testified that they themselves were not present at such a sale, but had heard from the subscribing witnesses in the confirmatory document
He marveled at our western setting sun as a morning sunrise, and with the unspeakable pangs of his soul he discerned the ineffable will of god concern
On both sides the gift is valid for those who received it from there. for the estate was perhaps of the daughters of nicholas’s wife through paternal
Harmony, who of all could dissolve such a great bond, or rather these wonderful and in reality altogether indissoluble connections? for the first and
He has made known by an agreement to whom indeed you also entrusted everything under oath and, whatever they themselves should do, you have promised
Emperor of the romans, doukas. konstantinos, in christ the god faithful emperor of the romans, doukas. ioannes, most humble archbishop of constantinop
ever, not in courts, not in counsels, not in public, not in private. For this was not even without accusation, but the speech had some defense. From which it is clear that you envied him this throne, and the common judgment and the good reputation that surpassed you. For you wished to sit before the tribunal yourself, and to display your legal skill, how great and of what kind it is. How very unfortunate I am in my good fortune, that I did not see you presiding, and at the same time being made a fool of like a madman. For you who often leave half of a single word unsaid, and are unable to bring forth the arguments from home which you have often practiced, what would you have done when required to give reasons for the main points and arguments and reconciliations of conflicting laws, and these things with no delay, but in the midst of the questions themselves? I know that you would have gaped often, but brought forth nothing except your breath. But again, being unfortunate, I was fortunate, because the judgment of my emperor was not refuted by the facts, as were the things in your speech. For now let him be held accountable, who, having promised a panegyric of the emperor, and having set this up as his subject, almost completely forgot the whole promise, and, contrary to his pledge, spewed out blame instead of praise. How precisely you have observed the laws of rhetoric and with what skill you handle your subjects; and you pass secretly and smoothly from one thing to another and especially here. And some clever person might object that you seem to be compelled by your argument, and that the transition is not your own impulse. You who, leaving aside the praises, proceed to the censures when there is no need, not having arranged the introduction beforehand, not having prepared it, not having set forth a narrative preface, but immediately turning from dawn to dusk, as if there were no need for midday? And how did this escape you, though it was set forth in the midst, that through the law-guardian the blame is referred back to the one who appointed him? For if without a vote and consent, as a tyrant besieging the common good, he had seized the teacher's throne, your speech would have had some reason. But since he was rather tyrannized over—for let it be granted to say so, since the emperor compelled him—does not the blame attach more to him than to the law-guardian? Is someone praised more for what he himself has done or for what his father or grandfather accomplished? For it is clear that the former things involve the honor of the family, while the latter show the one being praised in and of himself. Consider then, for you are the cause of the syllogism, how the emperor has been insulted by you. And what does the great nonsense of your speech mean, and that irrational scene, which you constructed in your speech in a ritualistic and mysterious way? What is this mother brought forward without form and the newborn infant, which you yourself delivered in your speech, and the new course, and the assumption of the one who gave birth, and the rest of the follies which you alone, the truly new playwright, have set forth? But I will close my ears, so as not to listen to someone talking nonsense. But these things must be left alone, as one must not talk nonsense, as being beyond all foolishness; but we must go on to your wonderful syllogism, which you have made the seal of your speech. For if the law-guardian, you say, is not subject to human reason and common nature, having learned the laws easily, but the incarnate Word is subject, having received created form and shape, therefore, and you yourself state the conclusion again, the law-guardian has become greater than God, the one above nature than the one according to nature. So then, my good man, has everything that has conquered nature also surpassed the incarnate one? It is time then for you to set creation against the creator, or rather to set above him the sea divided in two, and the flow standing still like a wall, a river turned back, fire made fine touching a body but keeping it unharmed, a steep rock gushing forth abundant water, and the bitterness of waters being sweetened by a piece of wood, and by this again iron being drawn. If then contrary to nature the flowing thing stood still, and the river was turned back,
πώποτε, οὐκ ἐν δίκαις, οὐκ ἐν βουλαῖς, οὐκ ἐν κοινοῖς, οὐκ ἐν ἰδίοις. οὐδὲ τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ἀκατηγόρητον, εἶχε δέ τινα ὁ λόγος
ἀπολογίαν. Ὅθεν δῆλον ὡς τοῦ θρόνου τούτῳ ἐβάσκηνας, καὶ τῆς κοινῆς κρίσεως καὶ τῆς ὑπέρ σε εὐδοκιμήσεως. ἐβούλου γὰρ αὐτὸς
προκαθήσθαι τοῦ βήματος, καὶ τὴν νομικὴν ἐπιδείξασθαι τέχνην, ὅση τε καὶ ἥτις ἐστίν. ὡς λίαν ἀτυχῶ εὐτυχῶν, ὅτι δε μὴ προκαθήμενον
εἶδον, ἐν ταὐτῷ δὲ καὶ παιζόμενον οἷα μαινόμενον. ὁ γὰρ τῆς μιᾶς πολλάκις λέξεως ἀπολύων τὸ ἥμισυ, καὶ τοὺς οἴκοθεν λογισμοὺς
οὕς πολλάκις διεμελέτησας προφέρειν ἀδυνατῶν, τί ἂν ἐποίησας αἰτίας τῶν κεφαλαίων καὶ λογισμοὺς ἀπαιτούμενος καὶ ἀντινομιῶν
συμβιβάσεις, καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐπ' οὐδεμιᾶς ἀναβολῆς, ἀλλ' ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ζητήμασιν; οἶδ' ὡς ἀνέχαινες μὲν ἂν πολλάκις, προήνεγκας
δὲ οὐδὲν πλὴν τοῦ πνεύματος. ἀλλ' αὖθις ἀτυχήσας εὐτύχησα, ὅτι μὴ κρίσις τοῦ ἐμοῦ βασιλέως ἠλέγχθη τοῖς πράγμασιν, οἷα δὲ
καὶ τὰ τοῦ λόγου. νῦν γὰρ αὐτὸς εὐθυνέσθω, ὃς βασιλέως ἐπαγγειλάμενος ἔπαινον, καὶ τοῦτον ὑπόθεσιν ἑαυτῷ προστησάμενος, αὐτῆς
τε τῆς ἐπαγγελίας πάσης μικροῦ δεῖν ἐπελάθετο, καὶ ψόγον ἀντ' ἐγκωμίου παρὰ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν ἐξηρεύξατο. ὡς λίαν τοὺς ῥητορικοὺς
νόμους ἠκρίβωσας καὶ μετὰ δεινότητος ἅπτῃ τῶν ὑποθέσεων· λεληθότως τε καὶ ὁμαλῶς μεταβαίνεις ἀφ' ἑτέρων εἰς ἕτερα καὶ μάλιστα
ἔνθα. καί τις δεινὸς ἀντικρούσειεν ὡς κατηναγκᾶσθαι δοκεῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου, καὶ οὐχὶ οἰκείαν εἶναι ὁρμὴν τὴν μετάβασιν. ὅς γε
τοὺς ἐπαίνους ἀφείς, οὐδὲν δέον ἐπὶ τοὺς ψόγους χωρεῖς, μὴ προοικονομήσας τὴν εἰσβολήν, μὴ προκαταστησάμενος, μὴ διηγητικὸν
προοίμιον, προστησάμενος, ἀλλ' εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τῆς ἑῴας εἰς τὴν ἑσπέραν τραπείς, ὡς μὴ δεηθῆναι μεσουρανήσεως; πῶς δέ σε καὶ τοῦτο
διέλαθεν ἐν μέσῳ προκείμενον, ὡς διὰ μέσου τοῦ νομοφύλακος ὁ ψόγος πρὸς τὸν ψηφισάμενον ἀναφέρεται; εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἄνευ ψήφου
καὶ συναινέσεως, οἷα δὴ τύραννος οὗτος πολιορκήσας τὰ κοινά, τοῦ διδασκαλικοῦ θρόνου ἐκράτησεν, εἶχεν ἄν σοι λόγον ὁ λόγος.
ἐπεὶ δὲ μᾶλλον οὗτος ἐτυραννήθη- δεδόσθω γὰρ οὕτω λέγειν τοῦ βασιλέως καταναγκάσαντος-οὐ μᾶλλον ἐκείνου ὁ ψόγος ἢ τοῦ νομοφύλακος
ἅπτεται; ἐγκωμιάζεται δέ τις ἐξ ὧν αὐτὸς πεποίηκε μάλιστα ἢ ἐξ ὧν ὁ πατὴρ ἢ ὁ πάππος εἰργάσαντο; δῆλον γὰρ ὡς ἐκεῖνα μὲν φιλοτομίας
ἔχει τοῦ γένους, ταῦτα δὲ αὐτὸν καθ' ἑαυτὸν τὸν ἐπαινούμενον δείκνυσι. Συλλόγισαι οὖν, σὺ γὰρ αἴτιος τοῦ συλλογισμοῦ, οἷά
σοι ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ καθύβρισται. τί δέ σοι καὶ ἡ πολλὴ φλυαρία τοῦ λόγου βούλεται, καὶ ἡ ἄλογος ἐκείνη σκηνή, ἣν τελεστικῶς καὶ
μυστηριωδῶς τῷ λόγῳ συνέπηξας; τίς ἡ προσαγομένη μήτηρ ἄνευ τοῦ σχήματος καὶ τὸ ἀρτιγενὲς βρέφος, ἣν αὐτὸς τῷ λόγῳ ἐμαίευσας,
καὶ ὁ καινὸς δρόμος, καὶ ἡ τῆς τεκούσης ὑπόληψις, καὶ τἆλλα τῶν ληρημάτων ἃ μόνος αὐτὸς ἐξήγησαι ὁ καινὸς τῷ ὄντι δραματουργός;
ἐγὼ δὲ κλείσω τὰ ὦτα, ὡς μὴ φλυαροῦντος ἐπακροᾶσθαι. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἐατέον ὡς δεῖ μὴ ληρεῖν, ὡς ληρῳδίας πάσης ἐπέκεινα· ἐπὶ
δὲ τὸν θαυμάσιόν σου ἰτέον συλλογισμόν, ὃν κὶ σφραγίδα τοῦ λόγου πεποίηκας. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὁ νομοφύλαξ, φής, λόγοι ἀνθρωπίνοις
καὶ τῇ κοινῇ φύσει οὐχ ὑπόκειται, ῥᾳδίως τοὺς νόμους μεμαθηκώς, ὁ δὲ σαρκωθεὶς λόγος ὑπόκειται πλάσιν δεξάμενος καὶ μορφήν,
ἄρα, καὶ πάλιν αὐτὸς εἰπὲ τὸ συμπέρασμα, τοῦ θεοῦ μείζων ὁ νομοφύλαξ καθέστηκεν, ὁ ὑπὲρ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν. ἆρ' οὖν, ὦ βέλτιστε,
καὶ πᾶν ὃ τὴν φύσιν ἐνίκησε, τοῦτο καὶ τὸν σαρκωθέντα ὑπερηκόντισε; ὥρα οὖν σοι ἐπανιστᾶν τὴν κτίσιν τῷ κτίσαντι, μᾶλλον δὲ
ὑπερανιστᾶν τε θάλασσαν διαιρουμένην διχῆ, καὶ ἱσταμένην τὴν ῥύσιν οἷα τειχίον, ποταμὸν ἐπαναστραφέντα, πῦρ λεπτούμενον ἁπτόμενον
σώματος, φυλάττον δὲ τοῦτο ἀδάπανον, ἀκρότομον πέτραν ὕδωρ πηγάζουσαν ἄφθονον, καὶ ξύλῳ γλυκαινομένην ὑδάτων πικρίαν, καὶ
τούτῳ αὖθις ἑλκόμενον σίδηρον. εἰ οὖν παρὰ φύσιν μὲν ἵστατο τὸ ῥυτόν, καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ἀνεστρέφετο,
