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Church History 4.15.16

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: The Martyrdom (quoted): Polycarp refused; they threw him from the carriage, and he walked on unmoved to the stadium.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:157

ὁ δὲ τὰ “μὲν πρῶτα οὐκ ἀπεκρίνατο, ἐπιμενόντων δὲ αὐ- “τῶν ἔφη, οὐ μέλλω πράττειν ὃ συμβουλεύετέ μοι. οἱ “δὲ ἀποτυχόντες τοῦ πεῖσαι αὐτὸν δεινὰ ῥήματα ἔλε- “γον, καὶ μετὰ σπουδῆς καθῄρουν, ὡς κατιόντα ἀπὸ “ τοῦ ὀχήματος ἀποσῦραι τὸ ἀντικνήμιον. ἀλλὰ γὰρ “μὴ ἐπιστραφεὶς, οἷα μηδὲν πεπονθὼς, προθύμως “μετὰ σπουδῆς ἐπορεύετο, ἀγόμενος εἰς τὸ στάδιον. “

English · Claude translation

At first he did not answer; but when they persisted, he said, ‘I am not going to do what you advise me.’ Having failed to persuade him, they spoke terrible words and pulled him down in haste, so that as he got down from the carriage he scraped his shin. But without turning round, as though he had suffered nothing, he went on eagerly and quickly, being led into the stadium.

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Source
Dindorf 4:157 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Extrabiblical texts
  • Mart. Pol. 8.2–3 (Martyrdom of Polycarp) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Mart. Pol. 8.2–3.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.15.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/15/16/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.15.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/15/16/).

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