# Historia ecclesiastica 3.16.10

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.16.10

Λέγεται τὸ πρὶν ἀκρατῶς ὀργῆς ἔχων, ἀφ̓ οὗ τὴν μοναστικὴν ἀγωγὴν μετῆλθε, μηδέπω θεαθῆναι παρά τινος ὀργιζόμενος. Οὕτω γοῦν ἐπὶ πολλαῖς ἡμέραις ὥσπερ εἰώθει νηστεύοντι, προσφέρων αὐτῷ τὸ ὄψον ὁ διακονούμενος, τὴν χύτραν ἔκλασεν: αἰδοῖ δὲ καὶ δέει κεκρατημένον ἰδὼν, Ἀλλὰ θάρρει: καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἔφη, πρὸς τὸ ὄψον ἴωμεν, ἐπειδὴ πρὸς ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἦλθε. Καὶ καθεσθεὶς περὶ τὰ κλάσματα τῆς χύτρας,

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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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