# Historia ecclesiastica 1.17.7

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.17.7

Πολλοὶ δὲ τῶν τότε συνεληλυθότων ἐπισκόπων καὶ τῶν ἑπομένων αὐτοῖς κληρικῶν, δεινοὶ διαλέγεσθαι καὶ τὰς τοιαύτας μεθόδους τῶν λόγων ἠσκημένοι, διέπρεψαν, καὶ βασιλεῖ γνώριμοι καὶ τοῖς ἀμφ̓ αὐτὸν ἐγένοντο. Ἐξ ἐκείνου δὲ καὶ Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἔτι τότε διάκονος, Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ συνὼν, πλεῖστον εἶναι ἔδοξε μέρος τῆς περὶ ταῦτα βουλῆς.

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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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