Church History 8.7.3

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

Summary: Because the first beast would not attack, a second and third were sent against the same martyr.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:358

ὃ καὶ εἰς μακρὸν γινόμενον θαῦμα παρεῖχεν οὐ σμικρὸν τοῖς θεωμένοις, ὥστε ἤδη διὰ τὸ ἄπρακτον τοῦ πρώτου δεύτερον καὶ τρίτον προσαφίεσθαι ἐνὶ καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ μάρτυρι θηρίον.

English · Claude translation

This, continuing for a long time, caused no small wonder to the spectators, so that, because the first beast did nothing, a second and a third were let loose against one and the same martyr.

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Source: Dindorf 4:358 · 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)
Topics: Martyrdom

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 8.7.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/8/7/3/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 8.7.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/8/7/3/).

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