# Historia ecclesiastica 6.1.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.1.6

Ταύτῃ τε τῷ στρατῷ παραπλεούσας ἔχων τὰς ναῦς, ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐχώρει. Σὺν πολλῇ δὲ παρασκευῇ ἱππέων καὶ ὁπλιτῶν καὶ ἐλεφάντων τῶν Περσῶν φανέντων ἐπὶ τῆς ὄχθης τοῦ Τίγρητος, ἰδὼν ἐν πολεμίᾳ γῇ μέσον δύο μεγίστων ποταμῶν πολιορκουμένην αὐτῷ τὴν στρατιὰν, καὶ λιμῷ διαφθαρῆναι κινδυνεύουσαν, ἤν τε μένοιεν αὐτόθι, ἤν τε τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ὑποστρέφοιεν, τῶν πόλεων καὶ τῶν κωμῶν δἰ ὧν ἦλθον κατηρειμμένων, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια μὴ ἐχουσῶν, κέλησιν ἆθλα προθεὶς,

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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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