Εὐδόξιος
Eudoxios, Eudoxius
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Translation
Bishop of Antioch; from Arabissos in Lesser Armenia.1 During the reign of Maximian2 his father Kaisarios put on a martyr's crown, despite having previously given the impression of being a slave to pleasures. But he wished to wash away his first stains through the blood of martyrdom. For having driven large nails, six in number, through each of his feet they handed him over to the fire. And once, after embracing the fire, he had instantly died, his relatives took the corpse, still half-burnt and intact, and buried it in a certain field called Soubil.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐδόξιος, ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας, ἐξ Ἀραβισσοῦ τῆς μικρᾶς Ἀρμενίας. ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ Καισάριος ἐπὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου στέφανον ἀνεδήσατο, καίτοι πρότερον ἡδονῶν ἥττων φανείς. ἀλλ' ἐβουλήθη τὰς πρώτας κηλῖδας διὰ τοῦ μαρτυρικοῦ αἵματος ἀπορρύψασθαι. ἥλους γὰρ μεγάλους ἑκατέρου τῶν ποδῶν ἓξ τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῷ διαπερονήσαντες πυρὶ παρέδοσαν. καὶ ἐπειδὴ αὐτίκα πρὸς τὴν φλόγα χανὼν ἀπέθανεν, ἡμίφλεκτον ἔτι καὶ σῷν οἱ προσήκοντες τὸν νεκρὸν ἀνελόμενοι ἔν τινι ἀγρῷ Σουβὶλ λεγομένῳ κατέθεσαν.
Betacode
*eu)do/cios, e)pi/skopos *)antioxei/as, e)c *)arabissou= th=s mikra=s *)armeni/as. o( de\ path\r au)tou= *kaisa/rios e)pi\ *macimianou= to\n tou= marturi/ou ste/fanon a)nedh/sato, kai/toi pro/teron h(donw=n h(/ttwn fanei/s. a)ll' e)boulh/qh ta\s prw/tas khli=das dia\ tou= marturikou= ai(/matos a)porru/yasqai. h(/lous ga\r mega/lous e(kate/rou tw=n podw=n e(\c to\n a)riqmo\n au)tw=| diaperonh/santes puri\ pare/dosan. kai\ e)peidh\ au)ti/ka pro\s th\n flo/ga xanw\n a)pe/qanen, h(mi/flekton e)/ti kai\ sw=|n oi( prosh/kontes to\n nekro\n a)nelo/menoi e)/n tini a)grw=| *soubi\l legome/nw| kate/qesan.
Notes (2)
- Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 4.4a (p.60-61 Bidez-Winkelmann).
This seems to be the Arian Eudoxius of Antioch, on whom see web address 1. Here, oddly, the Suda reports more about his father than about him, but Photius has more information (also from Philostorgius) about Eudoxius himself. - 1Barrington Atlas map 64 grid D4; a.k.a. Tripotamos. ↩
- 2Maximianus Herculius (reigned 286-305); cf. delta 1156. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 newadvent.org
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Revision history7 revisions · last 21 Jan 2018
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
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- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, added link — Catharine Roth
- modified translation — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead