# Historia ecclesiastica 5.3.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.3.2

Αὐτός τε ἀναφανδὸν δημοσίᾳ ἔσπενδε, καὶ ἔθυε, καὶ τοὺς περὶ ταῦτα σπουδάζοντας ἐν πολλῇ τιμῇ ἐποιεῖτο: μύσταις τε καὶ ἱερεῦσιν, ἱεροφάνταις τε καὶ τοῖς τῶν ξοάνων θεραπευταῖς, τὰς παλαιὰς τιμὰς ἀπέδωκε: καὶ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πρόσθεν βασιλέων νενομοθετημένα ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς ἐκύρωσε: λειτουργιῶν τε, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν πρὶν εἶχον, τὴν ἀτέλειαν ἐπεψηφίσατο: καὶ τὰ ἀφαιρεθέντα τῶν νεωκόρων σιτηρέσια ἀπέδωκε. Καὶ καθαροὺς εἶναι ἀπὸ τροφῶν διεκελεύετο, καὶ ὅσον ἀπέχεσθαι προσῆκε τὸν, ὡς Ἕλληνες λέγουσιν, ἁγιστεύειν προειρημένον.

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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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