Fourth alphabet; lament of the illustrious dimmed
Beginning the fourth alphabetic sequence now present, he has taken up again especially the lament about the illustrious ones, saying the brilliance has been dimmed and has vanished poured out like water.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 4, 1. Τῆς νῦν παρούσης τετάρτης στοιχειώσεως ἀρχόμενος τὸν περὶ τῶν ἐπιφανῶν ἐξαιρέτως ἐπανέλαβε Θρῆνον, ἠμαυρῶσθαι λέγων τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ἐκκεχυμένου τε δίκην ὕδατος ἠφανίσθαι.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).
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