# Historia ecclesiastica 5.9.13

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.9.13

Ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἡγούμενον τότε τοῦ ἔθνους τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀφείλετο, καὶ ἐν ὑπονοίᾳ εἶχε: καὶ ἀγώγιμον ποιήσας, τὸ μὴ θανάτου καταψηφίσασθαι, φιλανθρωπίαν ἐλογίσατο: ἐπῃτιᾶτο δὲ αὐτὸν, καθότι τινὰς τῶν Γαζαίων, οἳ τῆς στάσεως καὶ τῶν φόνων ἄρξαι ἐλέγοντο, συλλαβόμενος ἐν δεσμοῖς εἶχεν, ὡς κατὰ νόμους εὐθύνας ὑφέξοντας: Τί γὰρ, φησὶν, ἔδει αὐτοὺς ἀπάγεσθαι, εἰ Γαλιλαίους ὀλίγους, ἀνθ̓ ὧν πολλὰ εἰς αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἠδίκησαν, ἠμύναντο; Καὶ τὰ μὲν ὧδε ἐλέγετο.

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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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