Antiochus Strategos part 8
It would be cruel, and unchristian, he said, to deprive them of his protection and to leave them at the mercy of others. Then...
War with the Scyths part 16
However Tzachas thought Methymna was beneath consideration, but sailed direct to Chios and took that also at first assault. On receipt of this news...
Antiochus Strategos part 9
As the sickness increased, his weary limbs grew cold and stiff, and in this way he breathed his last. As soon as the two...
War with the Scyths part 17
But Tzachas pursued him systematically and did not slacken in rowing. When they approached Chios, Opus managed to anchor his ships first in the...
Antiochus Strategos part 10
They had caught the black plague. So great a hold had it got on them that, scarcely able to move, worn out with fever...
John of Damascus part 29
In both East and West the reverence we pay to images has crystallized into formal ritual. In the Latin Rite the priest is commanded...
Antiochus Strategos part 11
Beautiful spot near Ephesus
Thence they sailed for Syracuse, a city in the same country. Sailing from Syracuse, they crossed the Adriatic and reached the...
Antiochus Strategos part 12
If Miletus is meant, the pilgrims must have landed there before reaching Patara. The only place between Patara and Chelidonia is a town,...
War with the Scyths part 24
XI After taking three days’ rest there he moved on to Tzouroulus. He contemplated remaining there for some time, and therefore had an entrenched...
The Story of Devadatta 2
A traveler
So he remained in the veranda of an almshouse near, and at night he suddenly beheld a woman descending with a rope from...
