# Historia ecclesiastica 1.5.5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.5.5

Ὡς μὲν οὖν οἱ Ἕλληνες τῶν τοιούτων πλημμελημάτων καθαρμοὺς ἐπηγγέλλοντο, ἀπόχρη τὰ εἰρημένα, καὶ ψεῦδος κατηγορεῖ τῶν ἐναντίᾳ ἀποφῄνασθαι Σώπατρον πλασαμένων. Οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἴποιμι, ταῦτα ἠγνοηκέναι τὸν ἐπισημότατον τότε παῤ Ἕλλησιν ἐπὶ παιδεύσει γεγενημένον.

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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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