# Historia ecclesiastica 2.5.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.5.5

Κατεσκάφησαν δὲ τότε καὶ ἄρδην ἠφανίσθησαν, ὁ ἐν Αἰγαῖς τῆς Κιλικίας Ἀσκληπιοῦ ναὸς, καὶ ὁ ἐν Ἀφάκοις τῆς Ἀφροδίτης περὶ τὸν Λίβανον τὸ ὄρος, καὶ Ἄδωνιν τὸν ποταμόν. Ἄμφω δὲ ἐπισημοτάτω νεὼ ἐγενέσθην, καὶ σεβασμίω τοῖς πάλαι. Καθότι Αἰγεάται μὲν ηὔχουν τοὺς κάμνοντας τὰ σώματα νόσων ἀπαλλάττεσθαι παῤ αὐτοῖς, ἐπιφαινομένου νύκτωρ καὶ ἰωμένου τοῦ δαίμονος. Ἐν Ἀφάκοις δὲ, κατ̓ ἐπίκλησιν τινὰ καὶ ῥητὴν ἡμέραν, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀκρωρείας τοῦ Λιβάνου πῦρ διαΐσσον, καθάπερ ἀστὴρ, εἰς τὸν παρακείμενον ποταμὸν ἔδυνεν. Ἔλεγον δὲ τοῦτο τὴν Οὐρανίαν εἶναι, ὡδὶ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην καλοῦντες.

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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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