# Historia ecclesiastica 2.3.9

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.3.9

ἑβδομήκοντα δὲ καὶ πρὸς, κύκλῳ περιοδεύοντι τὸν διὰ μέσου πορθμόν. Ἔλαχε δὲ τὸ χωρίον τοῦτο τὴν νυνὶ κρατοῦσαν προσηγορίαν, καθότι πεπίστευται ἐνθάδε ἐπιφαίνεσθαι Μιχαὴλ τὸν θεῖον ἀρχάγγελον. Τοῦτο δὲ κᾀγὼ εὐηργετημένος τὰ μέγιστα, ἀληθὲς εἶναι σύμφημι. Δεικνύει δὲ τοῦθ̓ οὕτως ἔχειν, καὶ ἀπὸ πολλῶν ἄλλων ἡ τῶν πραγμάτων πεῖρα: οἱ μὲν γὰρ περιπετείαις δειναῖς ἢ κινδύνοις ἀφύκτοις, οἱ δὲ νόσοις ἢ πάθεσιν ἀγνώστοις περιπεσόντες, εὐξάμενοι ἐνταῦθα τῷ Θεῷ,

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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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