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and to apply the name to each order according to its character, for instance, calling the simpler ones iota, and the crooked xi, and others otherwise, as one can aptly interpret the pur3.14.16 pose of the order from the shape of the letter. According to these rules Pachomius led his own disciples, a man most philanthropic and exceedingly beloved of God, so that he foresaw the future and often conversed with divine angels. He lived in Tabennesis of the Thebaid, from which they are still called Tabennesiotes. 3.14.17 Living under these rules they became very famous and in time increased in number, so as to amount to seven thousand men. For the community in Tabennesis, with whom Pachomius himself lived, had about thirteen hundred; and the others live throughout the Thebaid and the rest of Egypt. There is one and the same discipline for all, and all things are common to all everywhere; and they consider the community in Tabennesis as their mother, and its leaders as their fathers and rulers. 3.14.18 About this time Apollonius also was distinguished for his monastic philosophy, who, they say, being fifteen years old, began to practice philosophy in the deserts; and when he reached forty years, by a divine command he came to the inhabited 3.14.1 places. He also had his community in the Thebaid. He became exceedingly beloved of God and a worker of extraordinary healings and signs, and a practical teacher of what is necessary and a good and gracious instructor of those who came to philosophy, and so readily heard in his prayers, that nothing he asked of God remained unaccomplished; for, being wise in every way, he wisely made his petitions, to which the Divinity is naturally disposed to readily assent. 3.14. About this time, I conjecture, lived also the divine Anouph; whom I learned, from the time he first confessed for the faith in the persecutions, had neither told a lie nor desired any earthly thing. And he obtained all that he asked of God, and was taught every virtue by a divine angel as his instructor. But let this suffice for now concerning the monks in Egypt. 3.14.21 Already Palestine, having learned from the Egyptians, was beginning to practice philosophy in the same way; and at that time the divine Hilarion was pre-eminent there. His native country was the village of Thabatha, situated south of Gaza near the winter-torrent, which, having its outlet to the sea, locally took its 3.14.22 name from the village itself. While attending a grammarian in Alexandria, at the sight of Antony the great monk he came into the desert, and having associated with him he decided to practice philosophy in a similar way. Having spent a short time there he returned to his own country; for he was not permitted to be quiet according to his wish, 3.14.23 since there were always many coming to Antony. And finding that his parents had died, he distributed his property to his brothers and to the needy, and leaving absolutely nothing for himself, he lived in a desert place by the sea, about twenty stades distant from his own village. 3.14.24 His dwelling was a small cell constructed of bricks and rubbish and broken tiles, of such width and length and height, that when standing he had to bend his head, and when lying down it was necessary to draw up his feet. For in all things he accustomed himself to endure hardship and 3.14.25 to master ease. Indeed, in unboastful and proven self-control he left no excess to anyone we know, struggling against fasting and thirst and cold and heat and against the other passions and flatteries of the body and 3.14.26 of the soul. In character he was earnest, and grave in his speech, and had a good memory and a precise grasp of the sacred writings; and he became so beloved of God that even now at his tomb many who are sick and possessed by demons are healed, and—what is most extraordinary—both among the Cyprians, where 3.14.27 he was first buried, and among the Palestinians, where he is now. For it happened that he died while living in Cyprus, he was buried by the local people

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καὶ ἤθους ἑκάστῳ τάγματι τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐφαρμόσαι, οἷον ἁπλουστέρους μὲν ἰῶτα ἀποκαλοῦντας, σκολιοὺς δὲ ξ καὶ ἄλλους ἄλλως, καθὼς ἐκλαμβάνειν εὐστόχως ἔστι πρὸς τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ γράμματος τὴν προ3.14.16 αίρεσιν τοῦ τάγματος. κατὰ τούτους τοὺς νόμους τοὺς ἰδίους μαθητὰς ἦγεν ὁ Παχώμιος, ἀνὴρ τὰ μάλιστα φιλάνθρωπος καὶ θεοφιλὴς εἰσάγαν, ὡς προειδέναι τὰ ἐσόμενα καὶ θείοις ἀγγέλοις ὁμιλεῖν πολλάκις. διέτριβε δὲ ἐν Ταβεννήσῳ τῆς Θηβαΐδος, ὅθεν Ταβεννησιῶται εἰσέτι νῦν ὀνομάζονται. 3.14.17 ὑπὸ δὲ τούτους τοὺς νόμους πολιτευόμενοι ὀνομαστότατοι ἐγένοντο καὶ εἰς πλῆθος τῷ χρόνῳ ἐπέδοσαν, ὡς εἰς ἑπτακισχιλίους ἄνδρας συντελεῖν. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐν Ταβεννήσῳ συνοικία, μεθ' ὧν αὐτὸς Παχώμιος διέτριβεν, ἀμφὶ τοὺς χιλίους καὶ τριακοσίους εἶχεν· οἱ δὲ κατὰ τὴν Θηβαΐδα καὶ τὴν ἄλλην Αἴγυπτον οἰκοῦσι. μία δὲ καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ ἀγωγὴ πᾶσι, καὶ κοινὰ τὰ πανταχῇ πάντων· καθάπερ δὲ μητέρα τὴν ἐν Ταβεννήσῳ συνοικίαν ἡγοῦνται, πατέρας δὲ καὶ ἄρχοντας τοὺς ἐνθάδε ἡγουμένους. 3.14.18 Κατὰ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν χρόνον καὶ ᾿Απολλώνιος ἐπὶ μοναχικῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ διέπρεπεν, ὅν φασι δέκα καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ὄντα φιλοσοφῆσαι ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις· εἰς ἔτη δὲ τεσσαράκοντα γεγονὼς κατὰ θείαν πρόσταξιν εἰς τοὺς οἰκουμένους 3.14.1 ἦλθε τόπους. εἶχε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν Θηβαΐδι τὴν συνοικίαν. ἐγένετο δὲ θεοφιλὴς εἰσάγαν καὶ παραδόξων ἰάσεων καὶ σημείων δημιουργὸς καὶ πρακτικὸς ὧν δεῖ καὶ τῶν εἰς φιλοσοφίαν ἡκόντων διδάσκαλος ἀγαθὸς καὶ χαρίεις καὶ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἐν ταῖς εὐχαῖς εὐήκοος, ὡς μηδὲν ἀνήνυτον γενέσθαι ὧν παρὰ θεοῦ ἐζήτησε· πάντως γὰρ σοφὸς ὢν σοφῶς τὰς αἰτήσεις ἐποιεῖτο, αἷς ἑτοίμως τὸ θεῖον ἐπινεύειν πέφυκε. 3.14. Κατὰ τούτους εἰκάζω γενέσθαι καὶ ᾿Ανοὺφ τὸν θεσπέσιον· ὃν ἐπυθόμην, ἀφ' οὗ πρῶτον ἐν τοῖς διωγμοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ δόγματος ὡμολόγησε, μήτε ψεῦδος εἰπεῖν μήτε ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς. ἐπιτυχεῖν δὲ πάντων ὧνπερ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐδεήθη, καὶ ὑπὸ θείῳ ἀγγέλῳ διδασκάλῳ πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν παιδευθῆναι. ᾿Αλλὰ περὶ μὲν τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μοναχῶν τοσάδε τέως ἡμῖν εἰρήσθω. 3.14.21 ἤδη δὲ καὶ Παλαιστίνη τὸν ἴσον τρόπον φιλοσοφεῖν ἤρχετο παρ' Αἰγυπτίων μαθοῦσα· διέπρεπε δὲ ἐνθάδε τότε ῾Ιλαρίων ὁ θεσπέσιος. τούτῳ δὲ πατρὶς μὲν ἦν Θαβαθᾶ κώμη πρὸς νότον Γάζης κειμένη παρὰ τὸν χειμάρρουν, ὃς ἐπὶ θάλασσαν τὰς ἐμβολὰς ἔχων ἐπιχωρίως ἀπ' αὐτῆς τῆς κώμης τὴν 3.14.22 ἐπωνυμίαν ἔλαβε. γραμματικῷ δὲ φοιτῶν ἐν ᾿Αλεξανδρείᾳ κατὰ θέαν ᾿Αντωνίου τοῦ μεγάλου μοναχοῦ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ἦλθε, καὶ συγγενόμενος αὐτῷ παραπλησίως φιλοσοφεῖν ἔγνω. ὀλίγον δὲ χρόνον ἐνθάδε διατρίψας ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πατρίδα· οὐ γὰρ ξυνεχωρεῖτο κατὰ γνώμην ἠρεμεῖν, 3.14.23 πολλῶν ὄντων ἑκάστοτε τῶν ὡς ᾿Αντώνιον ἐρχομένων. καταλαβὼν δὲ τελευτήσαντας τοὺς πατέρας εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοὺς δεομένους τὴν οὐσίαν διένειμεν, οὐθέν τε παντάπασι καταλιπὼν ἑαυτῷ διέτριβεν ἐν ἐρήμῳ τόπῳ παρὰ θάλασσαν, ἀμφὶ τὰ εἴκοσι στάδια τῆς αὐτοῦ κώμης διεστῶτι. 3.14.24 Οἴκησις δὲ ἦν αὐτῷ δωμάτιον μικρὸν ἐκ πλίνθων καὶ φορυτοῦ καὶ κεράμων κατεαγότων κατεσκευασμένον, εὔρους τε καὶ μήκους καὶ ὕψους τοσούτου, ὅσον ἑστῶτα μὲν κεκυφέναι τὴν κεφαλήν, κείμενον δὲ τοὺς πόδας συλλέγειν ἐπάναγκες εἶναι. διὰ πάντων γὰρ εἴθιζεν ἑαυτὸν ταλαιπωρεῖν καὶ 3.14.25 ῥᾳστώνης κρατεῖν. ἀμέλει τοι ὧν ἴσμεν ἐγκρατείας ἀκόμπου καὶ δεδοκιμασμένης οὐδενὶ κατέλιπεν ὑπερβολήν, ἀγωνιζόμενος πρὸς ἀσιτίαν καὶ δίψος καὶ ῥῖγος καὶ πνῖγος καὶ πρὸς τἆλλα πάθη καὶ θωπείας τοῦ σώματος καὶ 3.14.26 τῆς ψυχῆς. ἦν δὲ τὸ μὲν ἦθος σπουδαῖος, σεμνὸς δὲ τὸν λόγον, καὶ μνήμων καὶ ἐπήβολος ἀκριβὴς τῶν ἱερῶν γραφῶν· ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον δὲ θεοφιλὴς ἐγένετο, ὡς ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ τάφῳ πολλοὺς ἰᾶσθαι κάμνοντας καὶ δαιμονῶντας, καὶ-τό γε παραδοξότατον-παρά τε Κυπρίοις, οὗ 3.14.27 πρότερον ἐτάφη, καὶ παρὰ Παλαιστίνοις, παρ' οἷς ἐστι νῦν. συμβὰν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐν Κύπρῳ διατρίβοντα τελευτῆσαι, πρὸς τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἐκηδεύθη