# Historia ecclesiastica 5.6.5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.6.5

Δἰ ἀνδρείαν δὲ αὐτὸν ὑπεδέξατο, καὶ διὰ φρόνησιν ἀπέσωσεν: ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον πιστοτάτη φύλαξ καὶ διάκονος σπουδαία γενομένη, ὡς πόδας αὐτοῦ νίπτειν, καὶ τὰ περὶ τροφὴν καὶ τ̓ ἄλλα πάντα, καὶ ὅσα φύσις ὑπομένειν βιάζεται ἐν ταῖς κατεπειγούσαις χρείαις, μόνην αὐτὴν διακονεῖσθαι: προσέτι δὲ καὶ βίβλους ὧν ἐδεῖτο, παῤ ἄλλων κομίζειν. Καὶ ἐπὶ πολλῷ χρόνῳ τούτων γενομένων, μηδένα τῶν κατοικούντων τὴν Ἀλεξανδρέων πόλιν μαθεῖν.

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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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