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by the third homily (dubia aut spuria) of Epiphanius [handwritten: 117]
Handwritten: Οὐ γὰρ ἥλιον περικεῖται καθημερινὸν δύνοντα, ἥλιον δ' ὃν ἐπὶ σταυροῦ ἀίδεσθεῖς, ἔδυσεν ὁ δοῦλος οὗτος ἡλίος ἀπέρι οὗ φοβούμενος φησὶν ὁ προφήτης, ἀνατελεῖ ἥλιος δικαιοσύνης
τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν Ἰησοῦν [handwritten: 118]
Christ was, moreover, thought of as driving a chariot through the skies just as did Apollo. A graphic representation of this is depicted on one of the well-mosaics under St. Peter's in Rome, and a literary description is found in the fourth homily (dubia aut spuria) of Epiphanius, [handwritten: Δεῦτε] [handwritten: ἴδετε παράδοξον ἱππόδρομον τὸν τῆς κτίσεως Δημιουργὸν ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῳ ἐποχούμενον ἁρματι, οὐκ ἐπὶ γῆς ἀταχτῶς ἐλαύνοντα, ἀλλ' ἀἱθερίους δρόμους καινοπρεπῶς ἀνατέλλοντα καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν καπτῆρα καταλαμβάνειν ἐπειγόμενον καὶ τὸν παρατρέχοντα Βελλίαρ δυνατῶς καταστρέφοντα.] [handwritten: 120]
Christ's chariot, like that of Apollo, is probably thought of as swirling around Curium. The word before [handwritten: τὸ Κούριον] is probably the second person singular imperative of [handwritten: περιδίνω] [handwritten: 121] Although the contracted form [handwritten: περιδῖν] is more usual, Herodianus records an active uncontracted form and Hesychius, a middle uncontracted form. [handwritten: 122 123] The use of [handwritten: περι δίνω] would have been similar to that of Methodius, [handwritten: μέσην τοῦ πάντος τὴν γὴν τυγχάνειν]
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain