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τοῦ σκότους, πρὶν ἢ τελείως αὐτὸ
τυπωθῆναι. ὅθεν καὶ τῷ νεανίσκῳ τούτῳ ἐπιπεσόντες
1 δεινῶς ἐταράξαμεν: ὁ δέ, τὸν Χριστὸν
ἐπικαλεσάμενος εἰς συμμαχίαν καὶ τῷ σημείῳ
τοῦ σταυροῦ καθοπλίσας ἑαυτόν, ἡμᾶς τε διώσατο
μετ̓ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀσφάλειαν ἑαυτῷ ἔθετο.
μὴ μελλήσαντες οὖν εὕρομεν ὄργανον, δἰ οὗ καὶ
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τῷ πρωτοπλάστῳ ὁμιλήσας ποτὲ ὁ ἄρχων ἡμῶν
τοῦτον ἐχειρώσατο. καὶ δὴ παῤ οὐδὲν ἐθέμεθα
ἂν καὶ ἡμεῖς κενὴν τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ νέου, ἀλλ̓
ἐπικληθεὶς αὖθις ὁ Χριστὸς εἰς συμμαχίαν, πυρὶ
τῆς ἄνωθεν ὀργῆς ἡμᾶς καταφλέξας, φυγάδας
εἰργάσατο. καὶ ἔγνωμεν μηκέτι πλησιάσαι αὐτῷ.
οὕτω μὲν οὖν τὰ πονηρὰ πνεύματα σαφῶς ἐγνώρισε
τῷ Θευδᾷ τὰ γεγενημένα.
Ὁ δὲ βασιλεύς, πάντοθεν ἀπορούμενος, τὸν
Θευδᾶν αὖθις προσκαλεῖται, καί φησι: Τὰ μὲν
δεδογμένα σοι, σοφώτατε, πάντα πληρώσαντες,
οὐδεμίαν τὴν ὠφέλειαν εὕρομεν: νυνὶ δέ, εἴ τίς
σοι ἑτέρα ὑπολέλειπται ἐπίνοια, κἀκείνης πεῖραν
1 Prudentius, Cathem. 134 ff.
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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