# Historia ecclesiastica 6.16.5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.16.5

Ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν τότε ἡμέραν καὶ τὴν ἑξῆς νύκτα ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ὁ ὕπαρχος βουλεύεσθαι, καὶ μὴ ἀπερισκέπτως εἰς προῦπτον ἁλέσθαι κίνδυνον, εἰς δὲ τὴν ὑστεραίαν παρεῖναι, καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γνώμην δήλην ποιεῖν, Ἐμοὶ μὲν, ἔφη, οὐ δεῖ βουλῆς: αὐτὸς γὰρ ἔσομαι καὶ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ: κτίσμα γὰρ ὢν, οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸν ὅμοιον προσκυνεῖν καὶ Θεὸν ὁμολογεῖν, οὐδὲ κοινωνὸς σοί τε καὶ βασιλεῖ τῆς θρησκείας εἶναι.

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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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