# Historia ecclesiastica 2.7.7

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.7.7

Ἐνταῦθα δὲ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ δείσας ἕκαστος, διεσκεδάσθησαν ἀλλήλων. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς, μόνος ἀλώμενος, οἷα φιλεῖ συμβαίνειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀμηχανοῦσιν ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς, ἐνενοήθη τὸν Χριστόν καὶ Θεὸν αὐτὸν ἡγεῖσθαι, καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ σέβειν κατὰ νοῦν ἐδοκίμασεν, εἰ τὸ παρὸν διαφύγοι κακόν. Ἔτι δὲ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα ἐνθυμουμένου, παραχρῆμα διελύθη ἡ ἀχλὺς, καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ εἰς αἰθρίαν μετέβαλεν: ἐμβαλούσης τε τῆς ἀκτῖνος τῇ ὕλῃ, διεσώθη ἐνθάδε.

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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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