# Historia ecclesiastica 6.1.5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.1.5

τὰ δ̓ ἐπίμπρα. Πορευόμενος δὲ παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην, οὐ πόρρωθεν ἀφίκετο Κτησιφῶντος. Πόλις δὲ αὕτη μεγάλη, καὶ τὰ Περσῶν βασίλεια νῦν ἀντὶ Βαβυλῶνος ἔχουσα: ῥεῖ δὲ αὐτῆς οὐκ ἀπὸ πολλοῦ ὁ Τίγρης: ὡς δὲ ταῖς ναυσὶν οὐκ ἐχώρει διὰ τὴν μέσην γῆν τῷ Κτησιφῶντι προσελθεῖν, ἀλλ̓ ἐπ’ ἀνάγκης ἐφαίνετο, ἢ τὴν πόλιν παριέναι, ἢ τῶν πλοίων καταφρονεῖν, ἀνακρίνας τινὰς τῶν αἰχμαλώτων, εὗρε διώρυγα ναυσίπορον ἀναχωσθεῖσαν τῷ χρόνῳ: καὶ διατεμὼν τὸ διεῖργον, εἵλκυσε τὸν Εὐφράτην ἐπὶ τὸν Τίγρητα.

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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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