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

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, who had often acknowledged their signature and affirmed that both the former sale and the subsequent confirmation were true. But the Iberian was compelling his opponent to raise from the dead and produce those very men who had signed, who had passed on to Hades, and to accept them, even if they were half-decayed and happened to be feeble heads. But since, by attacking with all means, both spoken and unspoken, he was incurring ridicule from everyone, he uttered this final demand: that the manglabites should swear an oath that he did not know that this famous suburb had been given as security by his grandfather to that Michael, and depart as the victor. And the judge decided that both should offer oaths, the one that he was not making a false accusation, the other that he did not know about the security. Therefore the divine oath was proposed. But of those who were to swear, the manglabites was eager, but the Iberitzes was hesitating, compelling only the manglabites, who was advancing the suit, to swear the oath. But the former referred the oath back to the latter, and the latter accepted neither, thinking that by this means the decision would become ineffectual and the case would be reserved for endless ages. But listen, you most disobedient one, what the law proclaims to you. "He who has proposed an oath and does not swear the one against false accusation, is like one who yields the oath, and is cast out from the suit." Since, therefore, you proposed it, but you did not swear the one against false accusation, you have been cast out from the suit, according to the law. But also by concession you have been condemned from this alone; for you have been judged from the very letter and not from a circumlocution. Whereas indeed the court is not even accessible to you, but you have been time-barred and have been caught acting maliciously in the contest, and wearying the courts in vain. But you have sung your swan song for us, or rather your Cassandran and final melody, as your present right cuts off your voice. Which indeed, having been duly certified by us, was issued, in the month of March, in the 2nd indiction, in the year 6557. 7 αξτῃμ 4 Chrysobull It is not surprising if someone, watching the great sun shining with boundless light and coursing on high and from the heavenly chariot-rail illuminating all the earth, brightening all parts of the east and west, both north and south, with its contrary and twofold motion, admires and is astounded and with all his senses is captivated by the light and honors it with the highest praises. For he is amazed at what he sees, and what he experiences he adorns with his tongue and, having his perception as a witness to its majesty, with the whole spirit of his soul he is aroused to wonder and praise. Nor, therefore, if someone, seeing a king gleaming with purple and pearls and, as they say, administering justice from his scepter, and with the golden chain of his words, as if from a heavenly height, holding in suspense every nature and power, then cowers and reveres him, does he do anything new or unusual for the dispositions of the many. On the contrary, therefore, that is worthy of wonder, if someone esteems a man of lesser station as worthy of the greater and royal one, as if seeing that very thing which he desires and the future as present, treats one hitherto ranked with the others as equal to kings, and is very cautious and reverent, and does the other things by which the bearing of a subject is characterized. Such toward our Majesty has the magistros Epiphanios and protoasekretis been seen and proved to be, and perhaps seeing some lamplight in us, he conjectured this to be a solar beacon, and our subterranean gleam he honored as if it were a torch-bearing above the earth, and

δὲ λοιποὶ ἐμαρτύρουν ὡς αὐτοὶ μὲν τῇ τοιαύτῃ πράσει οὐ παραγένοιντο, ἀκούσειαν δὲ τῶν ὑπογράφων μαρτύρων ἐν τῷ ἐπικυρωτικῷ ἐγγράφῳ τήν τε ὑπογράφὴν πολλάκις ὁμολογησάντων, καὶ τὴν προτέραν πρᾶσιν καὶ τὴν μετ' ἐκείνην ἐπικύρωσιν ἀληθεῖς τιθεμένων. ἀλλ' ὁ Ἴβηρ αὐτοὺς ἐκείνους τοὺς ὑπογράψαντας ἀνιστᾶν ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ παράγειν κατηνάγκαζε τὸν ἀντίδικον, τὸν Ἀϊδωνέα παραιτησαμένους, δέχεσθαι δὲ τούτους, κἂν ἐξ ἡμισείας ἐφθάρησαν καὶ ἀμενηνὰ τυγχάνωσι κάρηνα. ἐπεὶ δὲ πᾶσι προσβάλλων καὶ ῥητοῖς καὶ ἀρρήτοις γέλωτα παρὰ πάντων ὠφλίσκανε, τελευταίαν ταύτην ἐξεῖπε φωνήν, ἐπομόσασθαι τὸν μαγγλαβίτην ὡς οὐκ εἴη γινώσκων ὅτι κατ' ἐνεχυρίασιν ἐδόθη παρὰ τοῦ πάππου τῷ Μιχαὴλ ἐκείνῳ τὸ περιβόητον τοῦτο προάστειον, καὶ ἀπιέναι νενικηκότα. Καὶ ἀπεφήνατο ὁ δικάζων ὅρκους ἀμφοτέρους παρασχεῖν, τὸν μὲν ὡς οὐ συκοφαντοίη, τὸν δὲ ὡς οὐκ ἐπίσταται τὴν ἐνεχυρίασιν. προβέβλητο οὖν τὸ θεῖον. τῶν δὲ ἐπομοσομένων, ὁ μὲν μαγγλαβίτης πρόθυμος ἦν, ὁ δὲ Ἰβηρίτζης μετώκλαζε, τὸν μαγγλαβίτην μόνον ἐπομόσασθαι καταναγκάζων τὸν ἐκβιβάζοντα τὴν ὑπόθεσιν. ὁ δὲ ἀντεπῆγε τούτῳ τὸν ὅρκον, ὁ δὲ οὐδέτερον προσεδέχετο, δοκῶν ἐντεῦθεν τὴν ἀπόφασιν γενέσθαι ἀνήνυτον καὶ εἰς χρόνους ἀπεράντους τεταμιεῦσθαι τὴν δίκην. Ἀλλ' ἄκουσον, ἀπειθέστατε σύ, τί σοι ὁ νόμος βοᾷ. "ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν ὅρκον καὶ μὴ ὀμνὺς τὸν τῆς συκοφαντίας, ἔοικε τῷ παραχωροῦντι τὸν ὅρκον, καὶ ἐκπίπτει τῆς ἀγωγῆς." ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐπήγαγες, σὺ δὲ τὸν τῆς συκοφαντίας οὐκ ὤμοσας, ἐκπέπτωκας, κατὰ τὸν νόμον, τῆς ἀγωγῆς. ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ συγχώρησιν ἐκ μόνου τούτου καταδεδίκασαι· ἐξ αὐτῆς γὰρ γραμμῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐκ περιόδου κατακέκρισαι. ὅπου γε οὐδὲ εἰσιτητόν σοι τυγχάνει τὸ δικαστήριον, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου μετείληψαι καὶ πεφώρασαι κακουργῶν τὸν ἀγῶνα, καὶ μάτην κόπτων τὰ δικαστήρια. ἀλλὰ τὸ κύκνειον ἐφ' ἡμῖν ᾖσας, ἢ μᾶλλον τὸ Κασσάνδρειον καὶ λοῖσθον μέλος, τοῦ παρόντος σοι δικαιώματος τὴν φωνὴν ἐπικόπτοντος. Ὃ δὴ καὶ συνήθως πιστωθὲν παρ' ἡμῶν ἐπεδόθη, μηνὶ μαρτίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος βʹ, ἔτους ϛφνζʹ. 7 αξτῃμ 4 Χρυσόβουλλος Οὐ θαυμαστὸν εἴ τις, τὸν μέγαν θεώμενος ἥλιον ἀπείρῳ φωτὶ καταλάμποντα καὶ ἐφ' ὑψηλοῦ διϊππεύοντα καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς οὐρανίας ἄντυγος πᾶσαν καταπυρσεύοντα γῆν, τῷ τε ἐναντίῳ καὶ διπλῷ, τῆς ἀνατολῆς μέρος ἅπαν καὶ τῆς δύσεως, βορρᾶν τε καὶ νότον καταφαιδρύνοντα τῆς κινήσεως, ἄγαταί τε καὶ τέθηπε καὶ ὅλαις αἰσθήσεσι τοῦ φωτὸς ἀπῃώρηται καὶ τιμᾷ ταῖς τῶν λόγων ὑπεροχαῖς. ὃ γὰρ ὁρᾷ τοῦτο ἐκπλήττεται, καὶ ὃ πέπονθε τῇ γλώττῃ κοσμεῖ καί, μαρτυροῦσαν ἔχων τῷ μεγαλείῳ τὴν αἴσθησιν, ὅλῳ τῷ ψυχικῷ πνεύματι ἐπὶ τὸ θαῦμα καὶ τὸ ἐγκώμιον διεγείρεται. οὐδ' εἴ τις τοίνυν βασιλέα ὁρῶν πορφυρίδι καὶ μαργαρίταις συναποστίλβοντα καὶ ἀπὸ σκήπτρου, ὅ φασι, θεμιστεύοντα, καὶ τῇ χρυσῇ τῶν λόγων σειρᾷ ὥσπερ ἐξ οὐρανίας ἀκρότητος πᾶσαν ἀπαιωροῦντα φύσιν καὶ δύναμιν, εἴτα ὑποπτήσει καὶ σέβεται, καινόν τι ποιεῖ καὶ ἀσύνηθες ταῖς τῶν πολλῶν διαθέσεσι. Τοὐναντίον μὲν οὖν ἐκεῖνο θαύματος ἄξιον, εἴ τις τὸν ἐπ' ἐλάττονος σχήματος τοῦ μείζονος καὶ βασιλικοῦ ἀξιῶν, ὡς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὁρῶν ὃ βούλεται καὶ τὸ μέλλον ὡς ἐνεστώς, ἶσα τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἄγει τὸν τέως μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ταττόμενον, καὶ διευλαβεῖται καὶ ὑποστέλλεται καὶ τἆλλα ποιεῖ οἷς ὑπηκόου σχῆμα χαρακτηρίζεται. Τοιοῦτος περὶ τὸ κράτος ἡμῶν ὁ μάγιστρος Ἐπιφάνιος καὶ πρωτοασηκρῆτις ὦπται καὶ δεδοκίμασται, καὶ λυχνιαῖόν τι φῶς ἴσως ἐν ἡμῖν ἰδών, ἡλιακὴν τοῦτο φρυκτωρίαν εἶναι ἐτόπασε καὶ τὴν ὑπόγειον ἡμῶν αἴγλην ὥσπερ ὑπέργειον δᾳδουχίαν ἐτίμησε, καὶ