# Historia ecclesiastica 5.20.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.20.4

Λέγεται δὲ, πυνθανομένων μετὰ ταῦτα τινῶν εἴπερ αἴσθησιν τῶν βασάνων ἐκείνων ἐλάμβανεν, εἰπεῖν τὸν Θεόδωρον, ὡς πάντως μὲν ἀνώδυνος οὐκ ἦν, παρεστὼς δέ τις αὐτῷ νεανίας, κατέπαυε τὰς ἀλγηδόνας, ὑφάσματι λεπτοτάτῳ τοὺς ἱδρῶτας ἀπομάττων, καὶ ὕδωρ ἐπιχέων ψυχρότατον, ᾧ τὰς φλεγμονὰς ἔπαυε, καὶ τῶν πόνων ἀνέψυχε. Δοκεῖ δέ μοι οὐκ ἀνθρώπου μόνου, εἰ καὶ μάλα γενναῖος ἦν, μὴ καὶ θείᾳ ῥοπῇ ἐπικουρουμένου, τοσοῦτον ὑπεριδεῖν τοῦ σώματος.

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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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