# Historia ecclesiastica 2.12.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.12.2

Ἡ δὲ βασιλὶς, φιλεῖ γάρ πως τὸ νοσοῦν τοῖς ἀπευκταίοις ὑπέχειν τὴν ἀκοὴν, ὑπέλαβεν ἀληθῆ εἶναι τὴν διαβολὴν, καὶ μάλιστα παρὰ Ἰουδαίων γεγενημένην: ἐπεὶ τὰ αὐτῶν ἐφρόνει, καὶ Ἰουδαϊκῶς ἐβίω, καὶ ἀψευδεῖς αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο καὶ εὔνους αὐτῇ. Παραλαβόντες δὲ οἱ Μάγοι Ταρβούλαν καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς καταδικάζουσιν αὐτῶν θάνατον: καὶ πρίονι διχῆ τεμόντες, ἀνεσκολόπισαν, καὶ ὡς ἀποτρόπαιον νόσου, διὰ μέσου τῶν σκολόπων τὴν βασιλίδα παρελθεῖν

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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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