Constantine was Nature's masterpiece, a triumph, as it were, of God's handiwork. One look at him would convince anyone that here was a descendant of the mythical Golden Age of the Greeks, so infinite was his charm.
ἄγαλμα φύσεως ἦν ὁ νεανίας ἐκεῖνος καὶ Θεοῦ χειρῶν, ὡς οὕτως εἰπεῖν, φιλοτίμημα· εἰ γὰρ καὶ μόνον ἐθεάσατό τις αὐτόν, εἶπεν ἄν, ὡς τοῦ παρ᾿ Ἕλλησι μυθευομένου χρυσοῦ γένους ἀπορροή, οὕτως ἀμήχανον εἶχε τὸ κάλλος.
Original text (Ancient Greek)