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St Photius the Great, tr. Freese, 1920; selections
51. Codex 51: Hesychius, On the Brazen Serpent
Read the four books by Hesychius,1 presbyter of Constantinople, On the Brazen Serpent. The work is meant for show, and is a studied attempt to work upon the feelings. It contains speeches to the people put into the mouth of Moses, and fictitious addresses of the people in reply. There are also elaborate speeches of the Deity to Moses and the people, together with their replies, in the form of entreaty and excuse. A great part of the work, which comprises a bulky volume, is devoted to these speeches. The author himself, so far as one can judge from this treatise, is orthodox.
Notes
- Nothing is known of him. It is suggested that he may have been the Hesychius who accused Eunomius of heresy.