# Historia ecclesiastica 1.8.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.8.6

Παρὰ δὲ Ῥωμαίοις τότε πρῶτον ἡ τῶν μονομάχων ἐκωλύθη θέα. Παρὰ δὲ Φοίνιξιν, οἳ τὸν Λίβανον καὶ τὴν Ἡλίου πόλιν οἰκοῦσιν, οὐκέτι θέμις ἦν ἐκπορνεύεσθαι τὰς παρθένους, πρὶν τοῖς ἀνδράσι συνελθεῖν, οἷς νομίμῳ γάμῳ συνοικεῖν εἰώθεσαν,

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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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