# Historia ecclesiastica 5.9.7-8

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 5.9.7 to 5.9.8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.9.7

Ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς τότε μικροῦ συλληφθεὶς παρὰ τῶν Γαζαίων ἀνῃρέθη: ἀσχολουμένου δὲ τοῦ πλήθους περὶ τὸν φόνον τῶν αὐτοῦ ἀνεψιῶν, καιρὸν εὑρὼν ἔφυγεν εἰς Ἀνθηδόνα πόλιν ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, ἀφεστῶσαν Γάζης ὡς εἰς σταδίους εἴκοσι, παραπλησίως δὲ τηνικαῦτα τῷ Ἑλληνισμῷ χαίρουσαν, καὶ περὶ τὴν θεραπείαν τῶν ξοάνων ἐπτοημένην. Καταμηνυθεὶς δὲ ἐνταῦθα ὡς Χριστιανὸς, δεινῶς κατὰ νώτου ῥάβδοις ἐμαστιγώθη παρὰ τῶν Ἀνθηδονίων, καὶ τῆς πόλεως ἐξηλάθη: καὶ εἰς τὸ τῶν Γαζαίων ἐπίνειον ἐλθὼν, ἔλαθεν ἐκεῖσε κρυπτόμενος.

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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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