# Historia ecclesiastica 1.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΘΕΟΔΟΣΙΟΝ, ΚΑΙ ΥΠΟΘΕΣΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.1

ΦΑΣΙ τῶν πάλαι αὐτοκρατόρων ἐπιμελές τι χρῆμα γενέσθαι, τοῖς μὲν φιλοκόσμοις, ἁλουργίδα καὶ στέφανον, καὶ τὰ τούτοις παραπλήσια: τοῖς δ̓ αὖ περὶ λόγους σπουδάσασι, μυθώδη τινὰ ποίησιν, ἢ σύγγραμμα θέλγειν δυνάμενον: τοῖς δὲ τὰ περὶ πόλεμον ἀσκοῦσι, βέλος εὐστόχως ἀφεῖναι, καὶ θῆρας βάλλειν,

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2048.tlg001.local002/.