# Historia ecclesiastica 2.17.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.17.1

Ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον, μέλλων τὸν βίον μεταλλάσσειν Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος, διάδοχον αὐτοῦ κατέλιπεν Ἀθανάσιον, θείαις προστάξεσιν, ὡς ἡγοῦμαι, ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἀγαγὼν τὴν ψῆφον: ἐπεὶ τόν γε Ἀθανάσιον φασὶν ἀποφυγεῖν πειραθῆναι, καὶ ἄκοντα βιασθῆναι πρὸς Ἀλεξάνδρου, τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν ὑποδέξασθαι.

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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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