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καὶ κατὰ ῥοῦν τὰ πράγματα χωρήσειε, τὴν ἑορτὴν
κόσμησον ταύτην τὴν δημοτελῆ, καὶ τὴν εὐμένειαν
τῶν θεῶν ὥσπερ τι κραταιὸν περιβαλοῦ
ὅπλον: καὶ εὖ σοι γένηται.
1 Οὕτω καυχησάμενος ὁ ἐν κακίᾳ δυνατὸς εἶναι
ἀνομίαν τε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν μελετήσας ῾συμφθεγγέσθω
2 γὰρ ἡμῖν ὁ Δαυΐδ̓, ἀνατροπὴν δὲ θολεράν,
καθά φησιν Ἠσαΐας, τῷ πλησίον ποτίσας, συνεργίᾳ
τῶν συμπαρομαρτούντων αὐτῷ πονηρῶν
πνευμάτων ἐπιλαθέσθαι τὸν βασιλέα παντάπασι
τῶν πρὸς σωτηρίαν ὑπομιμνησκόντων λογισμῶν
πεποίηκε καὶ τῶν συνήθων πάλιν ἐπιμελῶς
ἔχεσθαι. ἔνθεν τοὶ καὶ γραμμάτων βασιλικῶν
πανταχοῦ διαπεφοιτηκότων τοῦ συνελθεῖν πάντας
ἐν τῇ μυσαρᾷ πανηγύρει αὐτῶν, ἦν ἰδεῖν συρρέοντα
τὰ πλήθη, πρόβατά τε καὶ βόας καὶ
διάφορα γένη ζῴων ἀγόμενα.
Πάντων τοίνυν συνεληλυθότων, ἀναστὰς ὁ
βασιλεὺς μετὰ τοῦ ἀπατεῶνος Θευδᾶ πρὸς τὸν
ναὸν ἐχώρει, ταύρους καταθῦσαι φέρων ἑκατὸν
εἴκοσι καὶ ζῷα πολλά. καὶ ἐτέλουν τὴν ἐπάρατον
αὐτῶν ἑορτήν, ὡς περιηχεῖσθαι μὲν τὴν πόλιν ὑπὸ
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τῆς τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων φωνῆς, τῇ δὲ τῶν θυσιῶν
κνίσῃ καὶ αὐτὸν μολύνεσθαι τὸν ἀέρα. τούτων
οὕτω τελεσθέντων, καὶ τῶν τῆς πονηρίας πνευμάτων
λίαν ἐγκαυχησαμένων ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ τοῦ
Θευδᾶ, καὶ χάριτας αὐτῷ ὁμολογησάντων τῶν
νεωκόρων, εἰς τὸ παλάτιον αὖθις ἐπανῆκεν ὁ
βασιλεύς. καί φησι τῷ Θευδᾷ: Ἰδοὺ δή, καθὰ
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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