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Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters, 7.9

nan IX To the Lord Bishop Perpetuus [472 CE] YOUR ardour for religious books has given you a most intimate acquaintance with everything written for the Catholic faith, whether by the Canonical authors or by the controversialists. You are even curious about productions unworthy the honour of your attention; for instance, you now wish me to send a copy of my public address delivered in the church at Biturica, an oration without the orthodox rhetorical divisions, or emphasis, or figures of speech to lend it a proper style and dignity. [2] It has none of the qualities of a finished eloquence; the weight of historical allusion, the enrichment of poetical quotation, the sparkling points of dialectic had all to be abandoned. I was distracted by the rancorous intrigues of the various factions; my mission occupied all my time; the abuses before my eyes were the one and only subject for my pen. So great was the company of the competitors, that two benches would not have held the candidates for the single vacant throne. And every one of these was as pleased with himself as he was critical of all his rivals. [3] If the people had not grown reasonable, and subordinated their judgement to that of the bishops, there would have been little chance of effecting anything. As it was, one saw small groups of priests whispering together in corners, though not a word was uttered openly, most of them being just as afraid of their own order as of every other. The result was that every one was suspicious of his neighbour; all were induced to hear our proposals without too much difficulty, and afterwards to explain them in their turn to others.

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1. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 4.703-4.709, 4.712-4.717 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 4.703. νηλειεῖς ἱκέται, ὅτʼ ἐφέστιοι ἀντιόωσιν. 4.704. πρῶτα μὲν ἀτρέπτοιο λυτήριον ἥγε φόνοιο 4.705. τειναμένη καθύπερθε συὸς τέκος, ἧς ἔτι μαζοὶ 4.706. πλήμμυρον λοχίης ἐκ νηδύος, αἵματι χεῖρας 4.707. τέγγεν, ἐπιτμήγουσα δέρην· αὖτις δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις 4.708. μείλισσεν χύτλοισι, καθάρσιον ἀγκαλέουσα 4.709. Ζῆνα, παλαμναίων τιμήορον ἱκεσιάων. 4.712. ἡ δʼ εἴσω πελάνους μείλικτρά τε νηφαλίῃσιν 4.713. καῖεν ἐπʼ εὐχωλῇσι παρέστιος, ὄφρα χόλοιο 4.714. σμερδαλέας παύσειεν Ἐρινύας, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὸς 4.715. εὐμειδής τε πέλοιτο καὶ ἤπιος ἀμφοτέροισιν 4.716. εἴτʼ οὖν ὀθνείῳ μεμιασμένοι αἵματι χεῖρας 4.717. εἴτε καὶ ἐμφύλῳ προσκηδέες ἀντιόωσιν.
2. New Testament, Acts, 8.18-8.24 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 8.18. Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money 8.19. saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit. 8.20. But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 8.21. You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God. 8.22. Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 8.23. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity. 8.24. Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken come on me.
3. New Testament, Luke, 1.5-1.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 1.6. They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordices of the Lord. 1.7. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. 1.8. Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division 1.9. according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 1.10. The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 1.11. An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 1.12. Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 1.13. But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 1.14. You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth. 1.15. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 1.16. He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God. 1.17. He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
4. Pliny The Younger, Letters, 1.1, 9.16 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 1.1. To Septicius. You have constantly urged me to collect and publish the more highly finished of the letters that I may have written. I have made such a collection, but without preserving the order in which they were composed, as I was not writing a historical narrative. So I have taken them as they happened to come to hand. I can only hope that you will not have cause to regret the advice you gave, and that I shall not repent having followed it; for I shall set to work to recover such letters as have up to now been tossed on one side, and I shall not keep back any that I may write in the future. Farewell.. 9.16. To Mamilianus. I am not surprised that you have been immensely pleased with your sport, considering how productive it was, for you are like the historians when they say that the number of the slain was beyond all computation. Personally, I have neither time nor inclination for sport; no time, because the grape harvest is now on, and no inclination, because it is a poor crop. However, I am drawing off some new verses instead of new must, and as soon as I see that they have fermented I will send them to you, as you have very kindly asked for them. Farewell.
5. Pliny The Younger, Letters, 1.1, 9.16 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 1.1. To Septicius. You have constantly urged me to collect and publish the more highly finished of the letters that I may have written. I have made such a collection, but without preserving the order in which they were composed, as I was not writing a historical narrative. So I have taken them as they happened to come to hand. I can only hope that you will not have cause to regret the advice you gave, and that I shall not repent having followed it; for I shall set to work to recover such letters as have up to now been tossed on one side, and I shall not keep back any that I may write in the future. Farewell.. 9.16. To Mamilianus. I am not surprised that you have been immensely pleased with your sport, considering how productive it was, for you are like the historians when they say that the number of the slain was beyond all computation. Personally, I have neither time nor inclination for sport; no time, because the grape harvest is now on, and no inclination, because it is a poor crop. However, I am drawing off some new verses instead of new must, and as soon as I see that they have fermented I will send them to you, as you have very kindly asked for them. Farewell.
6. Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters, 1.1-1.2, 1.4-1.5, 1.7-1.8, 1.10, 2.1-2.2, 2.9, 2.17, 3.2, 4.2, 5.6, 5.17, 7.5, 7.8, 7.12, 8.9, 8.11, 9.12-9.16 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
7. Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, 2.22 (6th cent. CE - 6th cent. CE)
8. Epigraphy, Lsam, 20.15
9. Epigraphy, Lscg, 55
10. Epigraphy, Seg, 24.203, 54.214
11. Epigraphy, Ig, 12.4.278

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
agricola	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 141; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 141
arvandus	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 141, 152; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 141, 152
auxanius	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 152; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 152
barbarians	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 137; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 137
baths	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 56; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 56
bourges	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 56, 141, 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 56, 141, 150
churches	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 141; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 141
constantius	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138
controversy, allusions	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 152; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 152
controversy, heaven	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 151; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 151
controversy, leadership	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 56, 121, 151; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 56, 121, 151
controversy, values	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 56; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 56
diegesis	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 140; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 140
domitius	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150
eutropia	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138
ferreolus	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 121; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 121
games	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150, 152; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150, 152
generosity	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138
genette, g.	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 140; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 140
gregory of tours	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150
humilitas	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150
humour, name puns	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150
law	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138
lyon	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 141; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 141
mimesis	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 140; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 140
perpetuus	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150
philomathius	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 150; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 150
proculus	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 159; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 159
seneca	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 159; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 159
sidonius, episcopacy	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 121; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 121
sidonius, literary style	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 20; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 20
sidonius, persona	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138, 151, 152, 159; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138, 151, 152, 159
sidonius, praefectus urbis	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 20; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 20
simplicius (son of eulogius)	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138, 152; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138, 152
valentinian iii	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 121; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 121
visigoths, theodoric ii	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 141; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 141
visigoths	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 141; Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 141
women'	Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 138
women	Hanghan, Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus (2019) 138