# Historia ecclesiastica 5.20.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.20.5

Ὁ μὲν δὴ μάρτυς Βαβύλας ἐκ τῆς εἰρημένης αἰτίας κατῳκίσθη ἐν Δάφνῃ, καὶ πάλιν μετετέθη: οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν δὲ τούτου γενομένου, ἀπροόπτως ἐμπεσὸν πῦρ τῷ νεῷ τοῦ Δαφναίου Ἀπόλλωνος, πᾶσαν τὴν ὀροφὴν καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ ἄγαλμα κατέφλεξε: γυμνοὺς δὲ μόνους τοὺς τοίχους καὶ τοὺς περιβόλους εἴασε, καὶ τοὺς κίονας οἳ τὰ προπύλαια καὶ τὸν ὀπισθόδομον ἀνεῖχον. Ἐδόκει δὲ τοῖς μὲν Χριστιανοῖς, κατὰ αἴτησιν τοῦ μάρτυρος θεήλατον ἐμπεσεῖν τῷ δαίμονι πῦρ: οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες ἐλογοποίουν Χριστιανῶν εἶναι τὸ δρᾶμα.

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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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