# Historia ecclesiastica 5.10.11

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.10.11

Οἱ δὲ, ἐξ ὧν ἔδει πλέον ἐπαινεῖν αὐτὸν ὡς φιλοσόφῳ πρέπουσαν πρᾶξιν ἐπιδειξάμενον, ὑπερπεφρονῆσθαι νομίσαντες, πᾶς ὁ δῆμος ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐχώρησε: καὶ διὰ τῶν ἀγυιῶν εἷλκον, ὠθοῦντες καὶ τίλλοντες, καὶ ᾗ ἔτυχε τῶν μελῶν, ἕκαστος παίοντες: ἐσπουδάζετο δὲ τὸ δρᾶμα ἀνδράσι καὶ γυναιξὶ, καὶ πάσῃ ἡλικίᾳ, μετὰ προθυμίας καὶ ὀργῆς: ὡς καὶ σπαρτίοις λεπτοῖς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ διατεμεῖν: παῖδες δὲ εἰς διδασκάλους φοιτῶντες, παίγνιον ἐποιοῦντο τὸ πρᾶγμα: καὶ μετεωρίζοντες αὐτὸν, καὶ πρὸς ἑαυτὸν κυλίοντες, ἀντέπεμπόν τε καὶ ἀνεδέχοντο ταῖς γραφίσι, καὶ ἀφειδῶς κατεκέντουν.

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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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