# Historia ecclesiastica 4.16.13

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.16.13

Πεπόνητο δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ πολλὰ ἄλλα ὑπὲρ ἀνθρωπίνην δύναμιν καὶ τέχνην, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τόδε. Δράκων ἦν, ἢ ἕτερον ἑρπετοῦ γένος, ὃ πρὸ τῆς ὄψεως τοὺς παροδίτας τῷ φυσήματι ἀπώλλυε: παρὰ γὰρ λεωφόρον ἐφώλευσεν. Ἔνθα δὴ παραγενόμενος Ἀρσάκιος ηὔξατο, καὶ ὁ ὄφις αὐτομάτως τοῦ φωλεοῦ ἐξῆλθε, καὶ δὶς τῷ ἐδάφει τὴν κεφαλὴν προσρήξας, ἑαυτὸν ἀνεῖλε. Καὶ τὰ μὲν ὧδε ἀφηγήσαντο, οἳ παρὰ τῶν Ἀρσάκιον αὐτὸν θεασαμένων ἀκηκοέναι ἔφασαν.

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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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