# Historia ecclesiastica 4.9.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.9.6

ἐπεχείρησεν, ὡς αὐτίκα ἐπιδείξω. Ἀθανάσιος δὲ πειθόμενος ἐπιβουλεύεσθαι ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις, αὐτὸς μὲν πρὸς βασιλέα ἐλθεῖν οὔτε ἐθάρρησεν, οὔτε λυσιτελεῖν ἐδοκίμασεν. Ἐπιλεξάμενος δὲ τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπισκόπων πέντε, ὧν ἦν Σεραπίων ὁ Θμουαῖος, ἀνὴρ ἐς τὰ μάλιστα τὸν βίον θεσπέσιος, καὶ λέγειν δεινὸς, πέμπει ὡς βασιλέα, πρὸς δύσιν τότε τῆς ἀρχομένης διάγοντα. Συμπέμπει δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ τῆς ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ἐκκλησίας πρεσβυτέρους τρεῖς, καταλλάξοντας αὐτῷ τὸν κρατοῦντα, καὶ ἢν δέοι, πρὸς τὰς διαβολὰς τῶν ἐναντίων ἀπολογησομένους, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πράξοντας ὅπη ἂν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ αὐτῷ ἄριστα γινώσκωσιν.

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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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