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
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 block to many others and I will uncover concealed deeds, which I shall never be seen to have done, and you are witnesses. Gladly, therefore, I pay the penalty and I exchange my own loss for the freedom from insult and loss of the many." At these words the entire court became silent, and the advocates ceased. For what need was there of a tongue proposing or opposing when the penalty was being paid? in which case alone the betrothal documents have been annulled, and the law concurs with what is being done and what is being done advocates for the law. But here something more has happened. For both are from abundance: the testimony because of the giving of the penalty and the penalty because of the voices of the witnesses. Upon these things the bond of the betrothal is dissolved, and may the vestarches profit from his own sense of honor, because on account of this he himself has suffered a loss, but he has taken away the loss concerning reputation from both. But these things happened in this way, and as the vestarches was paying the penalty, he was preparing some argument concerning the dowry of his adopted daughter. For he was saying that twenty litras were owed by Elpidios toward the amount of the fifty litras of the dowry. For the rank of protospatharios which he gave him instead of twenty litras, as indeed the betrothal documents also make clear, has not been taken away from this man. But when he also set a supplication about this before the empress, he asked that the other things be taken away, but that the rank of protospatharios not be taken away as well, because, he says, it was given to him as part of the dowry. And the document of the petition has also been seen by us, and it interpreted the decision thus. But also the ratifying note concerning the dishonor of this man, which indeed was sent down to the secretum of the idikos, ordered that Elpidios be enrolled among the protospatharioi, because the vestarches says he also requested this. And the resolution of the petition has this preface: "It shall be according to your request". And it is concluded that the whole dowry of the amount of fifty litras is preserved, with the rank of protospatharios not having been taken away, but having been left to Elpidios, not out of pity, but so that the dowry of the girl might not be diminished; for she would bestow many thanks on Elpidios, if she were deprived of what the vestarches generously gave to Elpidios on her account, with that one having given the reasons for the removal, and in addition being deprived of her dowry, and condemned to dishonor and poverty at the same time. But since Elpidios also attempted to speak against it, and rejected the honor of protospatharios, he seemed to say these things out of shame, as if knowing from where he had fallen, but the vestarches will not be penalized on account of this. For if Elpidios should not accept the rank, let him exchange it for another if he could, but if he could not, why on account of this is the value of this, the twenty litras, owed to the vestarches as indeed was agreed from the beginning? But why indeed do we contend further with the argument? For this too has been decided in a way by the great empress, just as indeed the other things, and there is no need for you to have many words about this. For the vestarches, just as in a court, interpreted in the supplicatory letter how he indeed chose that the rank of protospatharios be left to Elpidios, because it is part of the dowry and its value is owed. And the empress, having accepted the argument, both interpreted the judgment in the resolution and in the note to the idikos inscribed the reason for the rank of protospatharios being left to Elpidios. Since therefore a judgment has also been made concerning this, and both the rank of the judge and the laws seal the judgment, and the vestarches owed fifteen litras to Elpidios as the penalty, and Elpidios indeed twenty in place of the honor of protospatharios,
πράξεις ἀπηγορευμένας τὴν γλῶτταν ἀφήσω. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἑαυτὸν αἰσχύνω ἐπίρρητα καὶ ἄτοπα διηγούμενος πράγματα, ἐπεὶ καὶ πολλοῖς
ἄλλοις γενήσομαι πρόσκομμα καὶ συγκεκαλυμμένας πράξεις ἀνακαλύψω, ὃ μηδέ ποτε φανοῦμαι εποιηκώς, καὶ ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες. ἀσμένως
τοίνυν τὸ πρόστιμον ἀποδίδωμι καὶ ἀνταλλάττομαι τῆς ἐμῆς ζημίας τὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἀνύβριστον καὶ ἀξήμιον." Ἐπὶ τούτοις τὸ δικαστήριον
ἅπαν ἡσύχασε, καὶ οἱ συνηγοροῦντες ἐπαύσαντο. τί γὰρ ἔδει γλώσσης προτεινούσης ἢ ἀντιτιθεμένης τοῦ προστίμου καταβαλλομένου;
οὗ δὴ καὶ μόνου τὰ τῆς μνηστείας γραμματεῖα ᾐρώηνται, καὶ ὁ νόμος τῷ πραττομένῳ συνεπιτίθεται καὶ τὸ πραττόμενον τῷ νόμῳ συνηγορεῖ.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ πλέον τι γέγονεν. ἐκ περιουσίας γὰρ ἄμφω· ἡ μαρτυρία διὰ τὴν τοῦ προστίμου δόσιν καὶ τὸ πρόστιμον διὰ τὰς τῶν
μαρτύρων φωνάς. ἐπὶ τούτοις ὁ τῆς μνηστείας λέλυται σύνδεσμος, καὶ ὄναιτο τῆς οἰκείας ὁ βεστάρχης αἰδοῦς, ὅτι παρὰ ταύτην
αὐτὸς μὲν ἐξημίωται, ἀμφοτέρων δὲ τὴν περὶ τὴν ὑπόληψιν ζημίαν ἀπήγαγεν. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἐγένετο, διδοὺς
δὲ τὸ πρόστιμον ὁ βεστάρχης, λόγον τινὰ περὶ τῆς προικὸς τῆς εἰσποιήτου αὐτῷ ἐγύμναζε θυγατρός. ἔφασκε γὰρ ὡς εἴκοσι λίτρας
παρὰ τοῦ Ἐλπιδίου πρὸς τὴν ποσότητα τῶν πεντήκοντα λιτρῶν τῆς προικὸς κεχρεώστηται. τὸ γάρ τοι πρωτοσπαθαράτον ὅπερ αὐτῷ ἀντὶ
λιτρῶν εἴκοσι δέδωκε, καθὰ δὴ καὶ τὰ γραμματεῖα τῆς μνηστείας διασαφοῦσιν, οὐκ ἀφῄρηται τούτῳ. ἀλλ' ὅτε καὶ τὴν περὶ τούτου
ἱκετηρίαν πρὸς τὴν βασιλίδα ἔθετο, τἆλλα μὲν ἠξίου ἀφελεῖν, τὸ δὲ τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαράτου μὴ συναφελέσθαι ἀξίωμα, ὅτι φησίν, ἀντὶ
μέρους προικὸς αὐτῷ δέδοται. τεθέαται δὲ καὶ τὸ τῆς δεήσεως ἡμῖν γραμματεῖον, καὶ τὴν γνώμην οὕτως ἡρμήνευεν. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ
περὶ τῆς ἀτιμίας τούτου προσκυρωτικὸν πιττάκιον, ὀ δὴ πρὸς τὸ τοῦ ἰδικοῦ κατεπέμφθη σέκρετον, κατεστρῶσθαι μετὰ τῶν πρωτοσπαθαρίων
τὸν Ἐλπίδιον διετάττετο, ὅτι περ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ βεστάρχης φησὶν ᾐτήσατο. καὶ ἡ τῆς δεήσεως δὲ λύσις οὕτως ἔχει τὸν πρόλογον·
"κατὰ τὴν αἴτησίν σου γενήσεται". καὶ συνάγεται τὴν ὅλην προῖκα ἐπὶ τῆς ποσότητος τῶν πεντήκοντα λιτρῶν σώζεσθαι, μὴ ἀφαιρεθέντος
τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαράτου, ἀλλ' ἀπολελειμμένου τῷ Ἐλπιδίῳ, οὐχ ὥστε δι' οἶκτον, ἀλλ' ἵνα μὴ ἡ προὶξ τῆς παιδὸς ἐλαττοῖτο· ἡ γὰρ
πολλὰς ἂν ἀπονείμῃ τῷ Ἐλπιδίῳ τὰς χάριτας, ἀφῃρημένη μὲν ἅπερ ὁ βεστάρχης δι' αὐτὴν τῷ Ἐλπιδίῳ πεφιλοτίμηται, ἐκείνου δόντος
τὰς ἀφορμὰς τῆς ἀφαιρέσεως, πρὸς δὲ καὶ τῆς προικὸς στερουμένη, καὶ ἀδοξίαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πενίαν κατακρινομένη. Ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ ἀντιλέγειν
ἐπικεχείρηκεν ὁ Ἐλπίδιος, καὶ ἀπεδοκίμαζε τὴν τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαράτου τιμήν, ἐῴκει ταῦτα αἰσχυνόμενος λέγειν ὡς εἰδὼς ὅθεν οἷ
καταπέπτωκεν, οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο δὲ ὁ βεστάρχης ζημιωθήσεται. εἰ γὰρ μὴ καταδέχοιτο τὸ ἀξίωμα ὁ Ἐλπίδιος, ἐναλλαξάτω πρὸς ἕτερον
εἴ γε δύναιτο, εἰ δὲ μὴ δύναιτο, τί παρὰ τοῦτο τῷ βεστάρχῃ χρεωστουμένῳ τὴν τούτου τιμὴν τὰς ἔικοσι λίτρας καθὰ δὴ ἐξ ἀρχῆς
συμπεφώνηται; ἀλλὰ τί δὴ ἐπὶ πλέον τῷ λόγῳ ἀγωνιζόμεθα; κέκριται γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο τρόπον τινὰ παρὰ τῆς μεγάλης βασιλίδος, ὥσπερ
δὴ καὶ τἆλλα, καὶ οὐ δεῖ πολλῶν ὑμῖν περὶ τούτου τῶν λόγων. ὁ μὲν γὰρ βεστάρχης, ὥσπερ ἐν δικαστηρίῳ τῷ ἱκεσίῳ γράμματι ἡρμήνευσεν,
ὅπως δὴ αἱροῖτο ἀπολελείφθαι τὸ πρωτοσπαθαράτον τῷ Ἐλπιδίῳ, ὅτι προικὸς μέρος ἐστὶ καὶ κεχρεωστεῖται ἡ τούτου τιμή. ἡ δὲ βασιλὶς
προσηκαμένη τὸν λόγον ἔν τε τῇ λύσει τὴν κρίσιν ἡρμήνευσε καὶ τῷ πρὸς τὸν ἰδικὸν πιττακίῳ τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ καταλελείφθαι τὸ
πρωτοσπαθαράτον τῷ Ἐλπιδίῳ ἐπέγραψεν. ἐπεὶ τοίνυν κρίσις καὶ περὶ τούτου προείληφε, καὶ τὴν κρίσιν τό τε τοῦ κρίναντος ἀξίωμα
καὶ νόμοι ἐπισφραγίζουσιν, ὁ δὲ βεστάρχης δεκαπέντε τῷ Ἐλπιδίῳ κεχρεώστηκε λίτρας τὸ πρόστιμον, ὁ δέ γε Ἐλπίδιος εἴκοσιν ἀντὶ
τῆς τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαράτου τιμῆς,
