# Historia ecclesiastica 2.9.5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.9.5

Τοιαῦτα εἰπόντα παρεκελεύσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς προσκυνῆσαι τὸν ἥλιον: καὶ πειθομένῳ μὲν πολλὰ δῶρα δώσειν ὑπισχνεῖτο, καὶ ἐν τιμῇ ἕξειν: ἀπειθοῦντα δὲ, ἀπολέσειν ἠπείλησεν αὐτόν τε καὶ πᾶν τὸ τῶν Χριστιανῶν φῦλον. Ἐπεὶ δὲ οὔτε ταῖς ἀπειλαῖς κατεκτύπει τὸν Συμεώνην, οὔτε ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις ἐχάλαζεν, ἀλλ̓ ἀνδρεῖος ἔμενεν, ἰσχυριζόμενος μή ποτε προσκυνήσειν τὸν ἥλιον, μηδὲ προδότης φανήσεσθαι τῆς αὐτοῦ θρησκείας, προσέταξεν αὐτὸν τέως ἐν δεσμοῖς εἶναι, λογισάμενος, ὡς εἰκὸς,

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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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