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E04234: The Miracles of *Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128) recounts the miraculous healing by the saint of a sailor afflicted with a disease of the testicles, who had spent time at his shrine seeking a cure; the saint appeared in a vision on the sailor's ship and cured him by treading on his testicles; the sailor returned to Constantinople to give thanks. Written in Greek in Constantinople, 582/668; assembled as a collection, 658/668.
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posted on 2017-10-30, 00:00 authored by juliaMiracles of Artemios (BHG 173), 14
Τὶς ναύτης τῷ αὐτῷ νοσήματι περιπεπτωκὼς προσεκαρτέρησεν τῷ ἁγίῳ ἡμέρας τριάκοντα· τῶν δὲ συνναυτῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπειγόντων αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλεῦσαι, ἀναχωρήσας τοῦ ναοῦ ἀπέπλευσεν· μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἐξαβυδῆσαι αὐτούς, πλεόντων αὐτῶν φορῷ ἀνέμῳ, ὀφθαλμοφανῶς ἑώρων τινὰ χλαινηφόρον ἑστῶτα παρὰ τῷ κυβερνήτῃ ἐπιτάττοντα, καὶ ἐξεθαμβοῦντο ἐπὶ τῷ ξένῳ θεάματι, ὁρῶντες ἐν τοιούτῳ σχήματι ξένον αὐτοῖς συμπλέοντα. ἔτυχεν δὲ τῷ τηνικαῦτα τὸν νοσοῦντα πλησίον κατάκεισθαι τοῦ κυβερνήτου. ὡς οὖν ὁρμᾷ δῆθεν ὁ βλεπόμενος αὐτοῖς ξένος ἐπιλαβέσθαι τοῦ αὐχένος, ἅτε δὴ βοηθήσων τῷ κυβερνήτῃ, ἄγνοιαν προσποιησάμενος πατεῖ τὸν νοσοῦντα κατὰ τῶν διδύμων· ὁ δὲ φόβῳ συσχεθεὶς ἀνέκραξεν μέγα, ψηλαφήσας τε τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ διδύμους εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ὑγιεῖς, καὶ ἐκπλαγεὶς ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι ἔδειξεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοῖς ἑταίροις, οἳ καὶ τὸ θαῦμα ἰδόντες καὶ ἀφανῆ γεγονότα τὸν συμπλέοντα ξένον ἐπὶ πολλὰς τὰς ὥρας τὸ “Κύριε ἐλέησον” ἔκραξαν. ἀποκομισθέντων δὲ αὐτῶν, εὐθέως ὁ ἰαθεὶς τὰ πρὸς εὐχαριστίαν ἐπιτήδεια λαβὼν ἐπανῆλθεν ἐν τῇ πανευδαίμονι, ἔνθα ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ ἁγίου σορός, εὐχαριστῶν τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ μάρτυρι·
'A certain sailor afflicted by the same disease waited upon the saint for 30 days. Since his shipmates urged him to set sail, he withdrew from the church and set sail. After they had passed beyond Abydos, while they were sailing with a favorable wind, they plainly saw someone wearing a cloak standing by the steersman giving orders and they were amazed at the strange sight, seeing a stranger in such a garb sailing with them. It happened that about this time the sick man was lying near the helmsman. Now the stranger they were staring at made as if to lay hold of the tiller so as to help the pilot, and pretending not to notice, he trod upon the sick man’s testicles. The man, gripped by fear, shouted loudly and touching his testicles found them healed, and, amazed at what had happened, he showed himself to his shipmates as well; these had witnessed both the miracle as well as the disappearance of the stranger who had been sailing with them, and they shouted for many hours: “Lord, have mercy.” While these [shipmates] returned home, the healed man posthaste took what was suitable for thanksgiving and returned to the divinely favoured [city], where the tomb of the saint is situated, and thanked God and the holy martyr.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909. Translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
Τὶς ναύτης τῷ αὐτῷ νοσήματι περιπεπτωκὼς προσεκαρτέρησεν τῷ ἁγίῳ ἡμέρας τριάκοντα· τῶν δὲ συνναυτῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπειγόντων αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλεῦσαι, ἀναχωρήσας τοῦ ναοῦ ἀπέπλευσεν· μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἐξαβυδῆσαι αὐτούς, πλεόντων αὐτῶν φορῷ ἀνέμῳ, ὀφθαλμοφανῶς ἑώρων τινὰ χλαινηφόρον ἑστῶτα παρὰ τῷ κυβερνήτῃ ἐπιτάττοντα, καὶ ἐξεθαμβοῦντο ἐπὶ τῷ ξένῳ θεάματι, ὁρῶντες ἐν τοιούτῳ σχήματι ξένον αὐτοῖς συμπλέοντα. ἔτυχεν δὲ τῷ τηνικαῦτα τὸν νοσοῦντα πλησίον κατάκεισθαι τοῦ κυβερνήτου. ὡς οὖν ὁρμᾷ δῆθεν ὁ βλεπόμενος αὐτοῖς ξένος ἐπιλαβέσθαι τοῦ αὐχένος, ἅτε δὴ βοηθήσων τῷ κυβερνήτῃ, ἄγνοιαν προσποιησάμενος πατεῖ τὸν νοσοῦντα κατὰ τῶν διδύμων· ὁ δὲ φόβῳ συσχεθεὶς ἀνέκραξεν μέγα, ψηλαφήσας τε τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ διδύμους εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ὑγιεῖς, καὶ ἐκπλαγεὶς ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι ἔδειξεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοῖς ἑταίροις, οἳ καὶ τὸ θαῦμα ἰδόντες καὶ ἀφανῆ γεγονότα τὸν συμπλέοντα ξένον ἐπὶ πολλὰς τὰς ὥρας τὸ “Κύριε ἐλέησον” ἔκραξαν. ἀποκομισθέντων δὲ αὐτῶν, εὐθέως ὁ ἰαθεὶς τὰ πρὸς εὐχαριστίαν ἐπιτήδεια λαβὼν ἐπανῆλθεν ἐν τῇ πανευδαίμονι, ἔνθα ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ ἁγίου σορός, εὐχαριστῶν τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ μάρτυρι·
'A certain sailor afflicted by the same disease waited upon the saint for 30 days. Since his shipmates urged him to set sail, he withdrew from the church and set sail. After they had passed beyond Abydos, while they were sailing with a favorable wind, they plainly saw someone wearing a cloak standing by the steersman giving orders and they were amazed at the strange sight, seeing a stranger in such a garb sailing with them. It happened that about this time the sick man was lying near the helmsman. Now the stranger they were staring at made as if to lay hold of the tiller so as to help the pilot, and pretending not to notice, he trod upon the sick man’s testicles. The man, gripped by fear, shouted loudly and touching his testicles found them healed, and, amazed at what had happened, he showed himself to his shipmates as well; these had witnessed both the miracle as well as the disappearance of the stranger who had been sailing with them, and they shouted for many hours: “Lord, have mercy.” While these [shipmates] returned home, the healed man posthaste took what was suitable for thanksgiving and returned to the divinely favoured [city], where the tomb of the saint is situated, and thanked God and the holy martyr.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909. Translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.