# Historia ecclesiastica 2.19.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.19.2

πρόφασιν δὲ, ὡς οὐχ ὁσίαις πράξεσι τὴν ἱερωσύνην αἰσχύνας ἐφωράθη. Μεγίστη δὲ διὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ καθαίρεσιν ἀνεκινήθη στάσις κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν: ὡς μικροῦ δεῖν ξιφῶν ἅψασθαι τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ πᾶσαν κινδυνεῦσαι τὴν πόλιν. Ἔβλαψε δὲ αὐτὸ τοῦτο οὐ μετρίως αὐτὸν πρὸς βασιλέα. Ὡς γὰρ ἔγνω ταῦτα συμβεβηκέναι, καὶ τὸν λαὸν τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἰς δύο διῃρῆσθαι, σφόδρα ἐχαλέπαινε, καὶ ἐν ὑπονοίᾳ αὐτὸν εἶχεν, ὡς αἴτιον τῆς στάσεως. Πέμπει δ̓ ὅμως τινὰ τῶν ἀμφ̓ αὐτὸν λαμπρῶς στρατευομένων, ἐντειλάμενος εἰς δέος καταστῆσαι τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ δίχα ταραχῆς καὶ βλάβης καταπαῦσαι τὴν στάσιν.

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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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