# Historia ecclesiastica 6.18.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.18.6

Τῆς δὲ εἰπούσης, ἵνα θᾶττον καταλάβοι τὸ πεδίον ἔνθα συνιᾶσιν οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς καθόλου ἐκκλησίας, Μόνη οὖν, ἔφη Μόδεστος, οὐκ ἔγνως αὐτίκα μέλλειν ἐκεῖσε τὸν ὕπαρχον ἰέναι, καὶ οὓς ἂν εὕροι, πάντας ἀναιρήσειν; Ναίχι ἀκήκοα, φησί, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μάλιστα δρόμου δεῖ μοι, ἵνα μὴ τοῦ καιροῦ κατόπιν γένωμαι, καὶ ἁμάρτω τῆς περὶ Θεοῦ μαρτυρίας. Ἀτὰρ, τί γε τοῦτο τὸ παιδίον μεθ̓ ἑαυτῆς ἄγεις, ἤρετο ὁ ὕπαρχος: Ὡς ἄν γε καὶ αὐτὸ, ἔφη, τοῦ κοινοῦ πάθους μετάσχῃ, καὶ τῶν ἴσων ἀξιωθείη.

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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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