# Historia ecclesiastica 5.20.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.20.6

Ταύτης δὲ τῆς ὑπονοίας κρατούσης, ἄγεται εἰς δικαστήριον ὁ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἱερεὺς ὡς φανερώσων τὸν τολμήσαντα τὸν ἐμπρησμόν: δεσμώτης τε γενόμενος, καὶ πολλὰς ὑπομείνας πληγὰς, χαλεπῶς τε αἰκισθεὶς, οὐδένα κατεμήνυσεν: ᾧ δὴ μάλιστα ἰσχυρίζοντο οἱ Χριστιανοὶ, μὴ κατ̓ ἐπιβουλὴν ἀνθρωπίνην,

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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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