# Historia ecclesiastica 1.1.11

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.1.11

Τοσαύτης οὖν θείας καὶ παραδόξου μεταβολῆς τῇ οἰκουμένῃ συμβάσης, ὡς καὶ τῆς προτέρας θρησκείας καὶ τῶν πατρίων νόμων ἀμελῆσαι, ἢ δεινὸν ἂν εἴη, τὸν μὲν ἐν Καλυδῶνι κάπρον, καὶ τὸν ἐν Μαραθῶνι ταῦρον, καὶ ἄλλα τοιαῦτα κατὰ χώρας ἢ πόλεις γινόμενα, ἢ μυθευόμενα, τοσαύτης ἀξιωθῆναι σπουδῆς, ὡς πολλοὺς τῶν παῤ Ἕλλησιν εὐδοκιμωτάτων συγγραφέων περὶ ταῦτα πονῆσαι, φύσεως εὖ ἔχοντας γράφειν, ἐμὲ δὲ μὴ τὴν φύσιν βιάσασθαι καὶ ἐκκλησιαστικὴν ἱστορίαν συγγράψαι.

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Sozomenus, Salaminius Hermias, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Robert Hussey. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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