📙 Excerpt from S. P. N. Joannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constanitnopolitani, Operum, Vol. 1: Homiliæ in Scripturam; Classis I, Homiliæ in Vetus TestamentumDuoibus victoriam assecutis reges triumphales ponunt statuas2 aurigis vero et athletis imagines et columnas eorum victoria testes excitant principes, et inscriptione tanquam ore efficiunt, ut materia viotoriam praadicet. Alii rursus in libris et scriptis victòrum laudem describunt,' suas in laudando vires iis, qdi laudantur, maiores volentes 'ostendere. Pictores certe, statuarii, sculptores, populi, principes, civitates, et pagi, victores admirantur. Nemo autem fugientis, ejusque qui non bellum ges'sit, deseripsit imaginem, ut nunc David. Est enim Psalmus David, dum fugeret facie Absalom filii sui. Et quando laude dig nus est qui fugit? Quando dignus est habitus exul, cu ius nomen inscriberetur? Fugitivos seriptis li1teris pe1se ì...untur, non honoranj inscriptionibus. Sed disce, 0 [pater.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfecti...