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On the Great Praetorium when newly decorated
κόσμον Ἰουστῖνος βασιλεὺς ῥυπόωντα καθήρας
καὶ τὰ μέγιστα Δίκης ἠγλάισεν τεμένη:σοῖς δὲ πόνοις, Δομνῖνε, κατηφέα νύκτα διώκεις
— Paton edition
ἐκ Θέμιδος μεγάρων, ἐκ βιοτῆς μερόπων.
The Emperor Justin,¹ clearing away its begrimed
— Paton edition
decorative work, brightened up the chief Law Court,
and thou, Domninus,² by thy labours, expellest
melancholy night from the halls of Themis and the
life of mortals.
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