# Historia ecclesiastica 2.23.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.23.4

ἐπενόει μὴ καλύπτεσθαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ταῖς αὐτῶν διαβολαῖς. Ἦν δὲ ἄρα τοὺς πολλοὺς πείθειν ἐργῶδες, Ἀρσενίου μὴ φαινομένου. Λογισάμενος οὖν ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἄλλως ἑαυτὸν καθάροι τῆς ὑπονοίας, εἰ μὴ ζῆν ἀπελέγξειε τὸν τεθνάναι λεγόμενον, πέμπει τῶν ἀμφ̓ αὐτὸν τινὰ πιστότατον διάκονον, ἀναζητήσοντα τοῦτον. Ὁ δὲ, παραγενόμενος εἰς Θηβαΐδα, ἐξαγγειλάντων τινῶν μοναχῶν, ἔγνω ὅπου διῆγεν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἧκε πρὸς Πατρίνην παῤ ᾧ ἐκρύπτετο, αὐτὸν μὲν Ἀρσένιον οὐ καταλαμβάνει:

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2048.tlg001.local002/.