# Historia ecclesiastica 3.16.15

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.16.15

δἰ ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τοῦτο χειροτονήσω ἐμαυτόν. Καὶ λαβὼν ἀργύριον παῤ αὐτῶν, ἀμφὶ τὰς τριακοσίους κλίνας ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις ἐμβόλοις εἶχε. Καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ λιμοῦ νοσούντων ἐπεμελεῖτο, καὶ ξένους καὶ τοὺς κατὰ σπάνιν ἀναγκαίων ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν παραγενομένους ἐδεξιοῦτο. Ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ λιμὸς ἐπαύσατο, ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς τὸ οἴκημα ἔνθα καὶ πρὸ τούτου διέτριβε. Καὶ ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν ἐπιβιώσας, ἐτελεύτησε: διακονίας μὲν ἄχρι κληρικοῦ τάγματος ἐπιβάς: περιβόητος δὲ ἐπὶ ἀρετῇ γεγονὼς, οὐχ ἧττον τῶν ἱερωσύνῃ καὶ πολιτείᾳ ἀγαθοῦ βίου καὶ παιδεύσει θαυμαζομένων. Ταῦτα τῆς Ἐφραὶμ ἀρετῆς τὰ μηνύματα.

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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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