See, see,—has not the Lord’s avenging hand already been raised against the ungodly? Have you not heard the tidings from Heliopolis under Lebanon?
Apollinaris.
I know it. In the midst of the ribald feast of Aphrodite, the heathen broke into the house of our holy sisters, violated them, murdered them amid tortures unspeakable——
The Women.
Woe, woe!
Apollinaris.
——ay, some of the wretches even tore open the bodies of the martyrs, dragged forth the entrails and ate the liver raw!
The Women.
Woe, woe, woe!
Gregory.