# Historia ecclesiastica 3.16.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.16.9

ὡς πάσης γυναικὸς καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν θέαν φυλάττεσθαι. Λόγος γοῦν ποτὲ γυναῖκά τινα ἀμελῆ τὸν βίον, ἀναιδῆ δὲ ἴσως τὸν τρόπον, ἢ αὐτὴν τὸν ἄνδρα πειρῶσαν, ἢ ἐπὶ μισθῷ τοῦτο ἄλλοις σπουδάζουσαν, ἐπίτηδες ἐν στενωπῷ ἀντιπρόσωπον ὑπαντῆσαι, ἀσκαρδαμυκτὶ ἐς αὐτὸν βλέπουσαν: τὸν δὲ, ἐπιτιμῆσαι αὐτῇ, καὶ εἰς γῆν ὁρᾷν παρακελεύσασθαι: Καὶ πῶς, ἔφη ἡ γυνὴ, ἥτις οὐκ ἀπὸ γῆς, ἀλλ̓ ἐκ σοῦ ἐγενόμην; δικαιότερον γὰρ εἶναι, σὲ μὲν εἰς γῆν ὁρᾷν ἀφ̓ ἧς ἔχεις τὴν γένεσιν: ἐμὲ δὲ, εἴς σε ὅθεν εἰμί. Θαυμάσας δὲ τὸ γύναιον Ἐφραὶμ, εἰς σύγγραμμα τὸ συμβὰν ἐσχημάτισεν, ὅπερ Σύρων λόγοι ἐν τοῖς σπουδαίοις τῶν αὐτοῦ λόγων τετάχασι.

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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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