# Historia ecclesiastica 5.8.3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.8.3

καὶ τὸ πάθος ἐκράτει τῆς τῶν ἰατρῶν τέχνης. Καὶ μέντοι τῇ πρὸς βασιλέα αἰδοῖ καὶ δέει, διὰ παντοδαπῶν φαρμάκων πείρας ἐληλύθεισαν: πολυτίμους τε καὶ πλείονας ὄρνεις θύοντες, τὰ τούτων λίπη τὰ διεφθορότα μόρια ἐπέπλαττον, καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ἐξεκαλοῦντο τοὺς σκώληκας. Ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲν ἤνυον: ἐν βάθει γὰρ κατακρυπτόμενοι, πρὸς τὰς ζώσας σάρκας εἷρπον, καὶ ἕως ὅτου αὐτὸν ἀνεῖλον, οὐ διέλιπον κείροντες.

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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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