# Historia ecclesiastica 5.22.11

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.22.11

Ἱκανοῦ γὰρ ὄντος τοῦ προτέρου κωλύματος, καὶ φανερῶς ἐπιδείξαντος ὡς χαλεπαίνει τὸ θεῖον ἐπὶ τῷ γινομένῳ, πάλιν ἀνήνυτα ἐσπούδαζον. Λόγος οὖν ἅμα τε τὸ δεύτερον ἐνεχείρουν τῷ ἔργῳ, καὶ πῦρ ἐξαίφνης ἐκ τῶν θεμελίων τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἀνέθορε, καὶ πολλοὺς ἀνήλωσε: καὶ τοῦτο πρὸς πάντων ἀδεῶς λέγεταί τε καὶ πιστεύεται, καὶ παῤ οὐδενὸς ἀμφιβάλλεται: πλὴν ὅτι οἱ μὲν φασὶν, ὅτι βιαζομένους αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προϊέναι, φλὸξ ἀπαντήσασα, τὸ εἰρημένον εἰργάσατο: οἱ δὲ, ἅμα ἤρξαντο τὸν χοῦν ἐκφορεῖν. Ἀλλ̓ εἴτε τοῦτο τὶς, εἴτε τὸ πρότερον δέξαιτο, ἑκάτερον εἰς θαῦμα παραπλήσιον.

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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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