# Historia ecclesiastica 1.13.10

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.13.10

Εἰ δὲ καὶ βιασθεὶς ποτὲ εἰς πόλιν ἦλθεν ἐπικουρῆσαι δεομένοις, διαθεὶς ὅτου χάριν παρεγένετο, αὐτίκα ἐπὶ τὴν ἔρημον ἐπανῄει. Τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἰχθύας ἔλεγε τὴν ὑγρὰν οὐσίαν τρέφειν: μοναχοῖς δὲ κόσμον φέρειν τὴν ἔρημον: ἐπίσης τε τοὺς μὲν ξηρᾶς ἁπτομένους τὸ ζῇν ἀπολιμπάνειν, τοὺς δὲ τὴν μοναστικὴν σεμνότητα ἀπολλύειν τοῖς ἄστεσι προσιόντας. Πειθήνιον δὲ καὶ κεχαρισμένον τοῖς ὁρῶσιν ἑαυτὸν παρέχων, ἐπεμελεῖτο μήτε φύσιν ὑπερορῶσαν ἔχειν, μήτε δοκεῖν εἶναι τοῦτο.

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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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