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The persecution is told by Petrus Siculus (p. 579 - 763) with satisfaction and pleasantry. Justus justa persolvit. Simeon was not Ancient Greek but Ancient Greek(the pronunciation of the two vowels must have been nearly the same), a great whale that drowned the mariners who mistook him for an island. See likewise Cedrenus, (p. 432 - 435.)
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 54