# Historia ecclesiastica 5.17.9

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.17.9

Προὔκειτο γὰρ πλησίον λίβανος καὶ πῦρ, ὡς δὴ τοῦτο πάλαι Ῥωμαίοις νενομισμένον. Ἐνταῦθα οἱ μὲν ἀδεῶς τὴν ἀνδρείαν ἐπεδείξαντο, καὶ οὔτε θυμιάσαι, οὔτε δῶρον παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως λαβεῖν ἠνέσχοντο: οἱ δὲ, προσχήματι νόμου καὶ ἀρχαιότητος, οὐδὲ εἰς νοῦν ἔλαβον ὃ ἡμάρτανον: οἱ δὲ, τῷ φαινομένῳ κέρδει δελεασθέντες, ἢ δέει καὶ θορύβῳ προκατειλημμένοι ἐκ τῆς παραυτίκα ἀναφανθείσης σκηνῆς, εἰ καὶ συνῆκαν ἑλληνίζοντες, τὸ μὴ τοῦτο παθεῖν οὐ διέφυγον.

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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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