# Historia ecclesiastica 3.16.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.16.5

φασὶ δὲ τῶν ὑγιῶν δογμάτων διαμαρτεῖν αὐτούς. Οὐκ ἀγνοῶ δὲ, ὡς καὶ πάλαι ἐλλογιμώτατοι τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον παρὰ Ὀσροηνοῖς ἐγένοντο, Βαρδησάνης τὲ, ὃς τὴν παῤ αὐτοῦ καλουμένην αἵρεσιν συνεστήσατο, καὶ Ἁρμόνιος ὁ Βαρδησάνου παῖς: ὅν φασι διὰ τῶν παῤ Ἕλλησι λόγων ἀχθέντα, πρῶτον μέτροις καὶ νόμοις μουσικοῖς τὴν πάτριον φωνὴν ὑπαγαγεῖν, καὶ χοροῖς παραδοῦναι, καθάπερ καὶ νῦν πολλάκις οἱ Σύροι ψάλλουσιν, οὐ τοῖς Ἁρμονίου συγγράμμασιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς μέλεσι χρώμενοι.

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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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