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to speak freely to the emperor and to blame him, how they were deservedly incurring shame, being overcome by one old man who had bravely set himself against so many tortures; and that they were in danger 5.10.14 of being ridiculous, while those whom they were treating this way were more glorious. Mark, therefore, so nobly resisted the rage of the Arethusians and their many tortures, that he was even praised by the Hellenists themselves. 5.11.1 At that time also Macedonius, Theodulus, and Tatian, the Phrygians, 5.11.1 bravely bore witness. For when in Meros (this is a city of the Phrygians) the governor of the province opened the temple there and cleansed it, as it was dirty from age, 5.11.2 they entered by night and shattered the images. When others were arrested as the culprits of this and were about to be punished, they denounced themselves. 5.11.3 And though it was possible, if they would consent to sacrifice, to suffer nothing, as the governor could not persuade them to atone for their offense in this one way, he tortured them in many ways; finally, he placed them on gridirons and lit a fire beneath. And as they were being burned, they said, "If you desire roasted meat, O Amachius (for that was the governor's name), turn us over on our other sides to the fire, so that when you taste us, we may not seem unpleasant to you for being half-roasted." And so, having behaved nobly in their punishments, they laid down their lives. 5.11.4 They say that Busiris also, in Ancyra of Galatia, endured a splendid and most courageous confession for the sake of his religion. The governor of the province, arresting him, as he was then of the heresy of the so-called Encratites, wished to torture him for having acted boldly against the Hellenists. And bringing him forward in public 5.11.5 to the instrument of torture, he ordered him to be suspended on the wooden horse. But Busiris, raising his two hands to his head, bared his sides; and he said to the governor that the public executioners should not labor in vain, hoisting him onto the wooden horse and taking him down again; for he would readily, even without this, for as long as he wished, 5.11.6 offer his sides to the torturers. And the governor, marveling at his promise, was even more astounded by the test. For being tortured on his sides with the claws for as long as seemed good to the governor, he endured steadfastly, holding up his two hands and receiving the blows eagerly. And after this, being put in chains, he was released not long after, when it was announced that Julian had been killed; and he lived until the reign of Theodosius, and he transferred to the catholic church, having condemned his former heresy. 5.11.7 There is also a report that at this time Basil, a presbyter of the church in Ancyra, and Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia, one of the nobles, who had lately taken a wife and was still, as it were, a bridegroom, 5.11.8 ended their lives by martyrdom. I conjecture that Eupsychius was put to death on account of the temple of Tyche, on the occasion of its demolition at that time, as has been said before, for which all the Caesareans together experienced the emperor's wrath; and the actual perpetrators of the demolition paid the penalty, some being condemned to death, others to flee their country. 5.11. But Basil, having been zealous concerning the faith, as long as Constantius was reigning, opposed those who held the opinions of Arius; and for 5.11.10 this reason he was forbidden from attending church by a vote of the party of Eudoxius. But when Julian ruled the empire alone, Basil went about publicly and openly exhorting the Christians to hold to their own doctrines and not to be defiled by the sacrifices and libations of the Greeks, and to consider as nothing the honors bestowed on them by the emperor, declaring them to be temporary 5.11.11 in return for everlasting destruction. Being zealous in these things, and being under suspicion and hated by the Hellenists, when he saw them sacrificing in public he stood still, and groaning aloud he prayed that no Christian might experience such an error. For this he was arrested and handed over to the governor of the province; and having endured many tortures throughout the entire contest, he bravely accomplished his martyrdom. 5.11.12 And so it was that, even if it turned out contrary to the emperor's intention, not ignoble nor few martyrs even during his

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