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Church History 10.4.42

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

Summary: The side aisles have matching doors and upper windows with carved woodwork, and the main hall (basilica) is built of rich materials.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:463

τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ταῖς παρʼ ἑκάτερα τοῦ παντὸς νεὼ στοαῖς τὸν τῶν προπύλων ἀριθμὸν διατάξας, ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ ταύταις ἄλλῳ πλείονι φωτὶ διαφόρους τὰς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον εἰσβολὰς ἐπενόει, ταῖς ἀπὸ ξύλου λεπτουργίαις καὶ τὸν περὶ αὐτὰς κόσμον καταποικίλλων. τὸν δὲ βασίλειον οἶκον πλουσιωτέραις ἤδη καὶ δαψιλέσι ταῖς ὕλαις ὠχύρου, ἀφθόνῳ φιλοτιμίᾳ τῶν ἀναλωμάτων χρώμενος.

English · Claude translation

In the same way he arranged the number of gateways for the aisles on either side of the whole temple, and above them contrived various openings into the building for more light, decorating them with fine wood carving. The royal house he built of richer and more abundant materials, using unstinting generosity in the expenses.

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Source
Dindorf 4:463 · 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)

Notes

Translation notes

  • The “royal house” (βασίλειος οἶκος) is the basilica, the main hall of the church.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.4.42 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/4/42/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.4.42 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/4/42/).

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