ὀτραλέως τολύπευσαν τόνδε δόμον βασιλῆες,
αἰχμὴν ὀλβοδότειραν ἀπὸ σταυροῖο λαχόντες,
αὐτὸς ἄναξ Ἡρακλῆς σὺν Κωνσταντίνῳ υἷι.
— Paton edition
This house was diligently completed by the em-
perors on whom the Cross bestowed a beneficent
power, Heraclius and his son Constantine.¹
— Paton edition
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