# Historia ecclesiastica 5.9.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.9.6

ὥστε μὴ ῥᾳδίαν αὐτῶν εἶναι τὴν εὕρεσιν. Ἔλαθέ γε μὴν οὐκ ἐπὶ πολύ: γυνὴ γάρ τις Χριστιανὴ οὐκ ἀπὸ Γάζης οὖσα, ἀλλ̓ ἐνθάδε τὴν οἴκησιν ἔχουσα, κατὰ θείαν σύνταξιν ἀνελέξατο ταῦτα νύκτωρ: καὶ ἐμβαλοῦσα χύτρᾳ, Ζήνωνι τῷ αὐτῶν ἀνεψιῷ φυλάττειν ἔδωκεν. Ὧδε γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ὀνείροις ἔχρησεν ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα τῇ γυναικὶ κατεμήνυσεν, ᾗ διάγοι: καὶ πρὶν ἰδεῖν ἐπέδειξε, καθότι ἄγνωστος ἦν αὐτῇ, καὶ προσφάτως τοῦ διωγμοῦ κεκινημένου, ἐκρύπτετο.

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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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