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Βασιλεὺς δὲ καλέσας τὸν εὐνοῦχον, ὃς ἦν αὐτῷ κιστ̣̣̔̓τατος ἁπάντων, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ᾐδεῖτο κἀκεῖνον: ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν Ἀρταξάτης ἐρυθήματος μεστὸν καὶ βουλόμενον εἰπεῖν ‘τί κρύπτεις’ ἔφη ‘δέσποτα, δοῦλον σόν, εὔνουν σοι καὶ σιωπᾶν δυνάμενον; τί τηλικοῦτον συμβέβηκε δεινόν; ὡς ἀγωνιῶ μή τινα ἐπιβουλὴν ... ’ εἶπε βασιλεὺς ‘καὶ μεγίστην, ἀλλ̓ οὐχ ὑπ̓ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ̓ ὑπὸ θεοῦ. ’
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