Μαρκιανός
Markianos, Marcianus, Marcian
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Apr 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
This man1 was at his height in the time of Zeno. He continued in the chapel to which he was elected presbyter. Obtaining the greatest wealth from Illus2 and corrupting himself day by day with Epicurean precepts, this infidel said that the universe was self-engendered and arranged not by God, but by the activity of the stars. For just as each of them will come beforehand borne around together with their rotation, they are assigned pre-eminence according to the influence of those which are coming into being.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαρκιανός· οὗτος ἐπὶ Ζήνωνος ἤκμαζεν. ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἦν εὐκτηρίῳ πρεσβύτερος χειροτονηθείς, διετέλει. μεγίστης δὲ ἐξουσίας τυχὼν παρὰ Ἴλλου οὗτος ὁ πλάνος καὶ τοῖς Ἐπικουρείοις δόγμασιν ὁσημέραι αὑτὸν κακύνων, αὐτοφυῆ ἔλεγε τὸν κόσμον καὶ διοικεῖσθαι οὐκ ἐκ θεοῦ, ἀλλ' ἐξ ἐνεργείας τῆς τῶν ἀστέρων. καθὸ γὰρ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν τῇ τούτων φθάσει συμπεριφερόμενον δινήσει, τῶν κατ' αὐτὴν τικτομένων τὴν ῥοπὴν τὴν ἐπικρατείαν κληροῦνται.
Betacode
*markiano/s: ou(=tos e)pi\ *zh/nwnos h)/kmazen. e)n w(=| de\ h)=n eu)kthri/w| presbu/teros xeirotonhqei/s, diete/lei. megi/sths de\ e)cousi/as tuxw\n para\ *)/illou ou(=tos o( pla/nos kai\ toi=s *)epikourei/ois do/gmasin o(shme/rai au(to\n kaku/nwn, au)tofuh= e)/lege to\n ko/smon kai\ dioikei=sqai ou)k e)k qeou=, a)ll' e)c e)nergei/as th=s tw=n a)ste/rwn. kaqo\ ga\r e(/kaston au)tw=n th=| tou/twn fqa/sei sumperifero/menon dinh/sei, tw=n kat' au)th\n tiktome/nwn th\n r(oph\n th\n e)pikratei/an klhrou=ntai.
Notes (2)
External resources
- Web address 1 roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ι324ἼλλοςIllos, Illous, IllusA proper name. [That of the man] who was Zeno's magister [officiorum].
- μ207ΜαρκιανόςMarkianos, Marcianus, MarcianHe was an eloquent man [who lived] in the time of the emperor Valens and when Agelius was bishop of Constantinople; [it was he] who once served as a soldier at the palace, but then was a presbyter of the church of the…
- μ208ΜαρκιανόςMarkianos, Marcianus, MarcianThis man associated with Musonius from Pamphylia; [he was] a man who, like a standard, was perfected in every virtue; for Musonius, being a lover of goodness and nobility, drew them from everywhere to himself, like a…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Jul 2020
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- removed my erroneous note, added link and cross-references — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, added note — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict