Βασιλική

basilica

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Βασιλική · basilica (β 157) · Suda

In the basilica behind the Milion¹ -- where also the exammon was up until the time of the emperor Heraclius² -- stood a gilt statue of a man on bended knee, Justin the tyrant.³ There is where Terbelis addressed the people.⁴ In this place there stood an extremely large elephant which had been constructed on the orders of Severus.⁵ Here there was also a large company of guards. A silversmith also lived there, plying his trade with rigged scales.⁶ And when his house had been damaged he threatened the one guarding the elephant with death if he did not keep him under control. But the beast's handler did not back down, and the user of rigged scales killed him and gave him to the elephant as fodder. But the beast was a wild one and killed him as well. And Severus heard this and offered sacrifice to the beast. But in that very place statues of both the beast and his handler were immediately erected. This is also the place where Heracles was worshipped, the recipient of many sacrifices.⁷ [The statue] was transferred to the Hippodrome. In the time of Julian the consularis [the statue] came from Rome to Byzantium and was brought in on a wagon and a ship, as were ten statues (stelai).⁸

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Βασιλική· ὅτι ἐν τῇ βασιλικῇ ὀπίσω τοῦ μιλίου ἵστατο ἀνδρείκελον ἄγαλμα χρυσέμβαφον, ἔνθα ἦν καὶ τὸ ἔξαμμον ἕως Ἡρακλείου τοῦ βασιλέως, γονυκλινὲς Ἰουστίνου τοῦ τυράννου. ἐκεῖ ὁ Τέρβελις ἐδημηγόρησεν· ἐν οἷς ἐλέφας ἵστατο παμμεγέθης, ὑπὸ Σευήρου κατεσκευασμένος. ἔνθα ἦν καὶ σχολὴ φυλαττόντων πολλή· ἔμενε δὲ ἐκεῖσε ἀργυροκόπος ἐν πλαστοῖς ζυγοῖς τὴν πράσιν ποιούμενος. καὶ τοῦ οἰκήματος αὐτοῦ πορθουμένου ἠπείλει τῷ τὸν ἐλέφαντα φυλάττοντι θάνατον, εἰ μὴ τοῦτον κρατήσειεν. ὁ δὲ θηροκόμος οὐκ ἐνεδίδου· ὃν φονεύσας ὁ ζυγοπλάστης δέδωκε βορὰν τῷ ἐλέφαντι. τὸ δὲ θηρίον ἀτίθασσον ὂν καὶ αὐτὸν ἀνεῖλε. καὶ ὁ Σευῆρος ἀκούσας τῷ θηρίῳ θυσίαν ἤνεγκεν. ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ τόπῳ παρευθὺ ἀνετυπώθησαν τό τε θηρίον καὶ ὁ θηροκόμος. ἔνθα καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ἐλατρεύθη πολλὰς θυσίας δεξάμενος, ὃς ἐν τῷ ἱπποδρομίῳ μετετέθη. ἐπὶ δὲ Ἰουλιανοῦ ὑπατι- κοῦ ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἦλθεν εἰς τὸ Βυζάντιον καὶ εἰσήχθη ἐν ἀπήνῃ καὶ νηὶ καὶ στῆλαι δέκα.

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*basilikh/: o(/ti e)n th=| basilikh=| o)pi/sw tou= mili/ou i(/stato a)ndrei/kelon a)/galma xruse/mbafon, e)/nqa h)=n kai\ to\ e)/cammon e(/ws *(hraklei/ou tou= basile/ws, gonukline\s *)iousti/nou tou= tura/nnou. e)kei= o( *te/rbelis e)dhmhgo/rhsen: e)n oi(=s e)le/fas i(/stato pammege/qhs, u(po\ *seuh/rou kateskeuasme/nos. e)/nqa h)=n kai\ sxolh\ fulatto/ntwn pollh/: e)/mene de\ e)kei=se a)rguroko/pos e)n plastoi=s zugoi=s th\n pra/sin poiou/menos. kai\ tou= oi)kh/matos au)tou= porqoume/nou h)pei/lei tw=| to\n e)le/fanta fula/ttonti qa/naton, ei) mh\ tou=ton krath/seien. o( de\ qhroko/mos ou)k e)nedi/dou: o(\n foneu/sas o( zugopla/sths de/dwke bora\n tw=| e)le/fanti. to\ de\ qhri/on a)ti/qasson o)\n kai\ au)to\n a)nei=le. kai\ o( *seuh=ros a)kou/sas tw=| qhri/w| qusi/an h)/negken. e)n au)tw=| de\ tw=| to/pw| pareuqu\ a)netupw/qhsan to/ te qhri/on kai\ o( qhroko/mos. e)/nqa kai\ *(hraklh=s e)latreu/qh polla\s qusi/as deca/menos, o(\s e)n tw=| i(ppodromi/w| metete/qh. e)pi\ de\ *)ioulianou= u(pati-  kou= a)po\ *(rw/mhs h)=lqen ei)s to\ *buza/ntion kai\ ei)sh/xqh e)n a)ph/nh| kai\ nhi\ kai\ sth=lai de/ka.

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