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E07814: The Miracles of *Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128) recounts the miraculous healing by the saint at his shrine in Constantinople of a young man from a hernia, appearing to the man in a dream and curing him by treading on his stomach. Written in Greek in Constantinople, 582/668; assembled as a collection, 658/668.
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posted on 2019-10-28, 00:00 authored by juliaMiracles of Artemios (BHG 173), 7
Νεώτερός τις ὀνόματι Πλάτων, θαρρῶν εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν νεότητα, καὶ οἷα φιλοῦσι νέοι περὶ ἀρετῆς ἰσχύος ἁμιλλώμενος, συνθήκην ἐποίησεν μετεωρῆσαι τὸν λίθον τῆς ξυλοπρατικῆς τρυτάνης καὶ θεῖναι εἰς τὸν ὦμον αὐτοῦ. τῆς δὲ ποινῆς δε-
σμηθείσης, κουφίζει τὸν λίθον, καὶ ὡς βιάζεται θεῖναι εἰς τὸν ὦμον, κατασπῶνται πάντα τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ, ὥστε τῇ θέᾳ καταπλήττεσθαι τοὺς ὁρῶντας. τινὲς οὖν χρηστοὶ συνεβούλευσαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες· “Μὴ βάλῃς ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἰατρόν, ἀλλ’ ἄπελθε εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Ἰωάννην, εἰς τὴν Ὀξεῖαν, καὶ πρόσελθε τῷ ἁγίῳ Ἀρτεμίῳ, καὶ αὐτός σε ἰᾶται· θαυματουργεῖ γὰρ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἐν τούτοις”. ὑπό τινων οὖν ἀρθεὶς ἄγεται βασταγμῷ, κινδυνεύων εἰς τὴν ζωὴν αὐτοῦ· προσκαρτερήσας δὲ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας καὶ ἐν ἀφορήτοις ὀδύναις πάσχων ὁρᾷ τὸν ἅγιον Ἀρτέμιον καθ’ ὕπνους λέγοντα αὐτῷ· “Καὶ διατί φιλοσυνθηκεῖς; ἴδε, καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ σου ἐπεβούλευσας καὶ τῷ σώματι”. καὶ παρήγγειλεν αὐτῷ μηκέτι συνθήκην ποιῆσαι, καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν πατεῖ αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ ἀγωνιάσας διύπνισεν καὶ ἦν ἀπηλλαγμένος τῆς ὀδύνης ἅμα καὶ τῆς νόσου. ἐπὶ τούτοις εὐχαριστήσας τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ μάρτυρι ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὰ ἴδια χαίρων. ὅσοι οὖν αὐτοῦ τὴν συμφορὰν ἐγνώκεισαν, ὁρῶντες αὐτὸν ὑγιῆ καθεστῶτα ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεόν, τὸν ταχύναντα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ.
'A certain young man, Plato by name, confident in his youth and, as the young are fond of doing, making a contest over the calibre of his strength, engaged in a wager to lift up the stone of a wood-dealer's scales and to set it on his shoulder. After the size of the wager had been set, he picked up the stone and, as he was struggling to set it on his shoulder, all his intestines ruptured in a hernia so that the spectators were astounded by the sight. Now some good men counselled him saying: "Do not entrust yourself to a doctor but go to St. John's in the Oxeia and approach St. Artemios and he himself will cure you. For every day he works miracles in these cases." So after being lifted up by some of them, he was transported by litter, as he was at risk over his life. While waiting a few days and suffering unbearable pain, he saw St. Artemios in a dream who said to him: "And so, why are you so fond of wagers? See, you have plotted against both your soul and body." And he exhorted him never more to make a wager and, saying these things, he trod on his stomach. The contender awoke from sleep and was relieved of his pain along with his injury. Thanking God and the martyr for this turn of events, he departed for home rejoicing. Whoever had learned of his misfortune, seeing him restored to health, glorified God Who had sped His mercy upon him.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909; translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
Νεώτερός τις ὀνόματι Πλάτων, θαρρῶν εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν νεότητα, καὶ οἷα φιλοῦσι νέοι περὶ ἀρετῆς ἰσχύος ἁμιλλώμενος, συνθήκην ἐποίησεν μετεωρῆσαι τὸν λίθον τῆς ξυλοπρατικῆς τρυτάνης καὶ θεῖναι εἰς τὸν ὦμον αὐτοῦ. τῆς δὲ ποινῆς δε-
σμηθείσης, κουφίζει τὸν λίθον, καὶ ὡς βιάζεται θεῖναι εἰς τὸν ὦμον, κατασπῶνται πάντα τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ, ὥστε τῇ θέᾳ καταπλήττεσθαι τοὺς ὁρῶντας. τινὲς οὖν χρηστοὶ συνεβούλευσαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες· “Μὴ βάλῃς ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἰατρόν, ἀλλ’ ἄπελθε εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Ἰωάννην, εἰς τὴν Ὀξεῖαν, καὶ πρόσελθε τῷ ἁγίῳ Ἀρτεμίῳ, καὶ αὐτός σε ἰᾶται· θαυματουργεῖ γὰρ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἐν τούτοις”. ὑπό τινων οὖν ἀρθεὶς ἄγεται βασταγμῷ, κινδυνεύων εἰς τὴν ζωὴν αὐτοῦ· προσκαρτερήσας δὲ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας καὶ ἐν ἀφορήτοις ὀδύναις πάσχων ὁρᾷ τὸν ἅγιον Ἀρτέμιον καθ’ ὕπνους λέγοντα αὐτῷ· “Καὶ διατί φιλοσυνθηκεῖς; ἴδε, καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ σου ἐπεβούλευσας καὶ τῷ σώματι”. καὶ παρήγγειλεν αὐτῷ μηκέτι συνθήκην ποιῆσαι, καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν πατεῖ αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ ἀγωνιάσας διύπνισεν καὶ ἦν ἀπηλλαγμένος τῆς ὀδύνης ἅμα καὶ τῆς νόσου. ἐπὶ τούτοις εὐχαριστήσας τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ μάρτυρι ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὰ ἴδια χαίρων. ὅσοι οὖν αὐτοῦ τὴν συμφορὰν ἐγνώκεισαν, ὁρῶντες αὐτὸν ὑγιῆ καθεστῶτα ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεόν, τὸν ταχύναντα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ.
'A certain young man, Plato by name, confident in his youth and, as the young are fond of doing, making a contest over the calibre of his strength, engaged in a wager to lift up the stone of a wood-dealer's scales and to set it on his shoulder. After the size of the wager had been set, he picked up the stone and, as he was struggling to set it on his shoulder, all his intestines ruptured in a hernia so that the spectators were astounded by the sight. Now some good men counselled him saying: "Do not entrust yourself to a doctor but go to St. John's in the Oxeia and approach St. Artemios and he himself will cure you. For every day he works miracles in these cases." So after being lifted up by some of them, he was transported by litter, as he was at risk over his life. While waiting a few days and suffering unbearable pain, he saw St. Artemios in a dream who said to him: "And so, why are you so fond of wagers? See, you have plotted against both your soul and body." And he exhorted him never more to make a wager and, saying these things, he trod on his stomach. The contender awoke from sleep and was relieved of his pain along with his injury. Thanking God and the martyr for this turn of events, he departed for home rejoicing. Whoever had learned of his misfortune, seeing him restored to health, glorified God Who had sped His mercy upon him.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909; translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
History
Evidence ID
E07814Saint Name
Artemios, martyr of Antioch under the emperor Julian : S01128Saint Name in Source
ἈρτέμιοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek