Μηνᾶς

Menas

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Note] that in the church of Saint Menas¹ a great pit was found, when it was cleaned, and a quantity of bones of giant men. When the emperor Anastasius² saw these and was astounded, he put them in the palace as an extraordinary marvel.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μηνᾶς· ὅτι ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ ὄρυγμα εὑρέθη μέγα, ὅτε ἐκαθαίρετο, καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων γιγάντων εἰς πλῆθος· ἅτινα θεασάμενος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐκπλαγεὶς εἰς τὸ παλάτιον κατέθετο εἰς θαῦμα ἐξαίσιον.

Betacode

*mhna=s: o(/ti e)n tw=| naw=| tou= a(gi/ou *mhna= o)/rugma eu(re/qh me/ga, o(/te e)kaqai/reto, kai\ o)sta= a)nqrw/pwn giga/ntwn ei)s plh=qos: a(/tina qeasa/menos *)anasta/sios o( basileu\s kai\ e)kplagei\s ei)s to\ pala/tion kate/qeto ei)s qau=ma e)cai/sion.

Notes (2)

ps.-Codinus, Patria Constantinopoleos 2.22 (cf. Preger, Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum 162.9-12); cf. omicron 709.
1Evidently not the most famous saint of this name (an Egyptian). ↩
2Anastasius: alpha 2077. ↩

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ο709Ὀστᾶ Γιγάντωνbones of giantsSee in the [entry on] Menas. For 'bones of Jeremiah the prophet' see in the [entry on] argolai.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Aug 2013

9 Aug 2013cosmetics — Catharine Roth
21 May 2013more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
13 Jul 2009augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2009Translated — Catharine Roth

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