# Historia ecclesiastica 1.14.10

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.14.10

Κατ̓ ἐκεῖνο γοῦν καιροῦ δεσμώτου τινὸς ὄντος τῶν δορυφόρων, ὑποπτευθεὶς γὰρ τυραννικὰ φρονεῖν ἔφυγε καὶ περὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον ἀναζητηθεὶς συνελήφθη, δεηθέντων τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Εὐτυχιανοῦ πρεσβεύειν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, πρότερον δὲ προνοεῖν, ὥστε τῶν δεσμῶν ἀφεθῆναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον, μὴ χαλεπῶς δεδεμένος φθάσῃ ἀπολούμενος, λέγεται, ὡς τοὺς δεσμοφύλακας πέμψας ἐδεήθη τῶν δεσμῶν αὐτὸν ἀνεῖναι οἱ δὲ οὐκ ἐπείθοντο, εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἐλθεῖν: αὐτομάτως δὲ κεκλεισμένας ἀναπετασθῆναι τὰς θύρας,

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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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