Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, Historia Ecclesiastica

Μετὰ δὲ τὴν σφαγὴν, αἰ τῆς ἐκείνου γοητείας ἐφωράθησαν μαγγανεῖαι. Κάραι γὰρ πόλις ἐστὶν. ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἔχουσα τῆς ἀσεβείας τὰ λείψανα. Διά ταύτης ὁ μάταιος τὴν πορείαν ποιούμενος, τὴν γὰρ Ἔδεσαν ὡς εὐσεβείᾳ κοσμουμένην εὐώνυμον καταλέλοιπεν, εἰς τὸν παρὰ τῶν δυσσεβῶν τιμώμενον σηκὸν εἰσελθὼν, καί τινα ἐν τούτῳ σὺν τοῖς κοινωνοῖς τοῦ μύσους ἐπιτελέσας, κλεῖθρα καὶ σήμαντρα ταῖς θύραις ἐπέθηκε, καί τινας ταύταις προσεδρεύειν προσέταξε στρατιώτας, μηδένα εἴσω τῶν θυρῶν γενέσθαι μέχρι τῆς ἐπανόδου κελεύσας. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁ θάνατος ἀπηγγέλθη, καὶ εὐσεβὴς βασιλεία τὴν δυσσεβῆ διεδέξατο, εἴσω γενόμενοι τοῦ σηκοῦ, εὗρον τὴν ἀξιάγαστον τοῦ βασιλέως ἀνδρίαν τε καὶ σοφίαν, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἀσέβειαν. Εἶδον γὰρ γύναιον ἐκ τῶν τριχῶν ᾐωρημένον, ἐκτεταμένας ἔχον τὰς χεῖρας, ἧς ἀνακείρας ὁ ἀλιτήριος τὴν γαστέρα, τὴν νίκην δήπουθεν τὴν κατὰ Περσῶν διὰ τοῦ ἥπατος ἔγνω.

After his slaughter, the trickeries of his sorcery were found out. For Carrhae is a city which even now holds the remnants of impiety. Making his march through it (for he had left Edessa on his left, as adorned with piety), the vain man went into the shrine honoured by the impious, and having performed certain [rites] in it with the partners of his abomination, he put bolts and seals on the doors, and ordered some soldiers to keep watch at them, commanding that no one go inside the doors until his return. When his death was announced, and a pious reign succeeded the impious one, they went inside the shrine and found the emperor's admirable courage and wisdom, and his impiety besides. For they saw a woman hanging by her hair, with her hands stretched out; the wretch had slit open her belly and, no doubt, learned from her liver of his victory over the Persians.