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Headword:
Μηνᾶς
Adler number: mu,949
Translated headword: Menas
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [Note] that in the church of Saint Menas[1] a great pit was found, when it was cleaned, and a quantity of bones of giant men. When the emperor Anastasius[2] saw these and was astounded, he put them in the palace as an extraordinary marvel.
Greek Original:Μηνᾶς: ὅτι ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ ὄρυγμα εὑρέθη μέγα, ὅτε ἐκαθαίρετο, καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων γιγάντων εἰς πλῆθος: ἅτινα θεασάμενος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐκπλαγεὶς εἰς τὸ παλάτιον κατέθετο εἰς θαῦμα ἐξαίσιον.
Notes:
Preger,
Scriptores originum Constantinopolitarum 162.9-12; cf.
omicron 709.
[1] Evidently not the most famous saint of this name (an Egyptian).
[2] Anastasius:
alpha 2077.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 July 2009@22:52:33.
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