# Historia ecclesiastica 2.5.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.5.2

Ἐννοηθέντι δὲ ταῦτα, στρατιωτικῆς χειρὸς οὐκ ἐδέησεν. Ἀλλ̓ ἄνδρες Χριστιανοὶ ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις ἐπετέλουν τὰ δόξαντα, διαβάντες τὰς πόλεις ἅμα γράμμασι βασιλικοῖς. Οἱ μὲν γὰρ δῆμοι, περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν δεδιότες μήτι κακὸν πάθωσιν ἐναντιούμενοι, ἡσυχίαν ἦγον. Γυμνωθέντες δὲ τῆς τοῦ πλήθους ῥοπῆς οἱ νεωκόροι καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς προὔδωκαν τὰ παῤ αὐτοῖς τιμιώτατα, καὶ τὰ διοπετῆ καλούμενα: καὶ δἰ ἑαυτῶν ταῦτα προῆγον ἐκ τῶν ἀδύτων καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς ναοῖς κρυφίων μυχῶν.

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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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