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Μακεδόνιος

Makedonios, Macedonius

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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This man displayed the most evil deeds against the Christians and set the capstone on1 the evils which he had done: for learning that very many of the Novatian religion2 belonged to the nation of the Paphlagonians,3 and especially to Mantin[e]ion,4 and realizing that it was not possible to drive out such a multitude by means of ecclesiastical men, he made four times as many soldiers to be sent against Paphlagonia by the authority of the emperor, so that from the fear of the great number they would accept the Arian opinion. But those there, out of zeal for their religion, took reckless action against the soldiers; [...] and when an encounter took place masses of the Paphlagonians fell, and of the soldiers all but a few. [...] On account of this he gave offense to the emperor, especially because he transferred the relics of Constantine the Great5 (for the people tried to prevent this, saying that it was impious); and meeting in battle very many fell. But later Macedonius also was killed.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μακεδόνιος· οὗτος πλεῖστα ὅσα κακὰ κατὰ Χριστιανῶν ἐνεδείξατο καὶ τὸν κολοφῶνα τῶν κακῶν, οἷς ἔδρασεν, ἐπιτίθησι· πυθόμενος γὰρ κατὰ τὸ Παφλαγόνων ἔθνος πλείστους εἶναι τῆς Ναυατικῆς θρησκείας, καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ τὸ Μαντίνιον, συνιδών τε ὡς οὐχ οἷόν τε τοσοῦτον πλῆθος δι' ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐλαύνεσθαι, τετραρίθ- μους στρατιώτας γνώμῃ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ τὴν Παφλαγονίαν πεμφθῆναι πεποίηκεν, ὅπως φόβῳ τῶν πλείστων τὴν Ἀρειανικὴν δόξαν προσδέξωνται. οἱ δὲ ἐκεῖσε ζήλῳ τῆς θρησκείας ἀπονοίᾳ κατὰ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἐχρήσαντο· καὶ συμβολῆς γενομένης τῶν μὲν Παφλαγόνων συχνοὶ πίπτουσι, τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν πλὴν ὀλίγων πάντες. διὰ τοῦτο προσέκρουσε τῷ βασιλεῖ, ἄλλως τε καὶ ὅτι μετέθηκε τὰ λείψανα τοῦ μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου· οἱ γὰρ λαοὶ διεκώλυον τοῦτο, ἀνόσιον εἶναι λέγοντες· καὶ συμβαλόντες μάχῃ πολλοὶ ὅσοι πίπτουσιν. ὕστερον δὲ καὶ καθῃρέθη ὁ Μακεδόνιος.

Betacode
*makedo/nios: ou(=tos plei=sta o(/sa kaka\ kata\ *xristianw=n e)nedei/cato kai\ to\n kolofw=na tw=n kakw=n, oi(=s e)/drasen, e)piti/qhsi: puqo/menos ga\r kata\ to\ *paflago/nwn e)/qnos plei/stous ei)=nai th=s *nauatikh=s qrhskei/as, kai\ ma/lista kata\ to\ *manti/nion, sunidw/n te w(s ou)x oi(=o/n te tosou=ton plh=qos di' e)kklhsiastikw=n a)nqrw/pwn e)lau/nesqai, tetrari/q-  mous stratiw/tas gnw/mh| tou= basile/ws e)pi\ th\n *paflagoni/an pemfqh=nai pepoi/hken, o(/pws fo/bw| tw=n plei/stwn th\n *)areianikh\n do/can prosde/cwntai. oi( de\ e)kei=se zh/lw| th=s qrhskei/as a)ponoi/a| kata\ tw=n stratiwtw=n e)xrh/santo: kai\ sumbolh=s genome/nhs tw=n me\n *paflago/nwn suxnoi\ pi/ptousi, tw=n de\ stratiwtw=n plh\n o)li/gwn pa/ntes. dia\ tou=to prose/krouse tw=| basilei=, a)/llws te kai\ o(/ti mete/qhke ta\ lei/yana tou= mega/lou *kwnstanti/nou: oi( ga\r laoi\ diekw/luon tou=to, a)no/sion ei)=nai le/gontes: kai\ sumbalo/ntes ma/xh| polloi\ o(/soi pi/ptousin. u(/steron de\ kai\ kaqh|re/qh o( *makedo/nios.

Notes (5)

  1. Lightly abridged from Socrates, Ecclesiastical History 2.38 (translation at web address 1). On Macedonius, Arian patriarch of Constantinople (342-360), see Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 2.
  2. 1For this image cf. generally kappa 1955. ↩
  3. 2See under Nauatos (nu 50). ↩
  4. 3In northern Asia Minor. See generally Stephen Mitchell in OCD(4) s.v., and cf. pi 826. ↩
  5. 4Barrington Atlas map 86 grid C3. ↩
  6. 5kappa 2284. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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