Aelius Aristides 23, Sacred Tales I
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§ 273 It seems to me that I shall speak like Homer...
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§ 274 And I myself would not tell all the achievements of the Saviour...
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§ 275 I passed the time in walking about the house and in games,...
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§ 276 and as the conversation continued, I recalled how many things had been disturbed around the sanctuary...
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§ 277 On the twenty-first, I dreamed that I had the clothes of a priest and that I saw the priest himself present....
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§ 278 I showed him the sea and asked him if it were also better to bathe there or in a small space....
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§ 279 and all those in the market place bore torches,...
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§ 280 And somehow after this, I said to the priest that it was clear from what I had read that there would be no need to eat....
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§ 281 I took part in the procession to the Emperor,...
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§ 282 or to give the greater portion to our Emperor,...
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§ 283 Since my foot was numb, I went into the main house....
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§ 284 They behaved marvelously to me during the trip....
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§ 285 Now it was clearly indicated that I stay here....
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§ 286 I said to him that I was fasting. But he indicated that he knew,...
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§ 287 Next on each following day, having performed our usual routine,...
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§ 288 We were ordered to do many strange things....
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§ 289 while the dream continually recurred. Meanwhile he ran back to some farm of ours for some reason,...
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§ 290 So this happened. But Zosimus was felicitated by all,...
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