Μάρκος
Marcus, Markos, Mark
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Translation
Bishop of [the] Arethusians,1 orderly in his speech and in his lifestyle; [it was he] whom in the time of Julian2 they subjected to many torments and throwing him into the sewers they then gave him over to children to poke with their styli. After these things, throwing him into a wicker cage and smearing him with fish-sauce and honey, they raised him up in the air in the height of summer, bidding wasps and bees alike to the feast. He endured it to the end without yielding.3
[Note] that Mark the evangelist has 48 sections, 36 chapters.4
[Note] that Mark the evangelist has 48 sections, 36 chapters.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάρκος, Ἀρεθουσίων ἐπίσκοπος, λόγῳ καὶ βίῳ κεκοσμημένος· ὃν ἐπὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ πολλαῖς αἰκίαις ὑπέβαλον, καὶ εἰς ὑπονόμους ἐμβαλόντες, εἶτα παιδίοις παρέδοσαν κεντεῖν αὐτὸν ταῖς γραφίσι. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἰς γύργαθον ἐμβαλόντες καὶ γάρῳ καὶ μέλιτι χρίσαντες, ὑπαίθριον ᾐώρησαν ἐν θέρους ἀκμῇ, σφῆκας ὁμοῦ καὶ μελίττας εἰς θοίνην προκαλούμενοι. ὁ δὲ ἀνενδότως διεκαρτέρησε. ὅτι Μάρκος ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς ἔχει τίτλους μηʹ, κεφάλαια λʹ2ʹ.
Betacode
*ma/rkos, *)areqousi/wn e)pi/skopos, lo/gw| kai\ bi/w| kekosmhme/nos: o(\n e)pi\ *)ioulianou= pollai=s ai)ki/ais u(pe/balon, kai\ ei)s u(pono/mous e)mbalo/ntes, ei)=ta paidi/ois pare/dosan kentei=n au)to\n tai=s grafi/si. meta\ de\ tau=ta ei)s gu/rgaqon e)mbalo/ntes kai\ ga/rw| kai\ me/liti xri/santes, u(pai/qrion h)|w/rhsan e)n qe/rous a)kmh=|, sfh=kas o(mou= kai\ meli/ttas ei)s qoi/nhn prokalou/menoi. o( de\ a)nendo/tws diekarte/rhse. o(/ti *ma/rkos o( eu)aggelisth\s e)/xei ti/tlous mh#, kefa/laia l#2#.
Notes (4)
- 1Stephanus of Byzantium lists cities called Arethousa in Syria, Thrace and Euboea; this is the first of them. ↩
- 2i.e. the reign of the emperor Julian the Apostate (iota 437). ↩
- 3Theodoret, Historia Ecclesiastica 3.7.6-10. The reason given for Mark's persecution is that he and his followers destroyed pagan temples and refused to pay to repair the buildings. St. Cassian of Imola shares with Mark the unusual torture of being stabbed by the styli of schoolchildren; see Prudentius, Peristephanon 9. On fish-sauce (garum), see gamma 66. ↩
- 4This addendum is lacking, Adler reports, in mss A (Parisinus 2626), F (Laurentianus 55.1) and V (Vossianus Fol. 2). See tau 690, where the sentence obviously belongs; there Kuster amends "36 chapters" to "235 chapters". (The book divisions referred to here are not the modern ones.) ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Jul 2020
- tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
- typo — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict