# Historia ecclesiastica 6.20.8

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.20.8

Ὡς δὲ πρὸς τῇ νηῒ ἐγένετο, ἣ τοὺς ἱεροὺς πρεσβύτας ἔφερε, ποτνιωμένη καὶ εἰς γῆν κυλινδουμένη ἱκέτευε καὶ μέγα ἀνέκραγε: Τί δὴ καὶ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἥκετε, ὦ τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ θεράποντες; νησίον γὰρ τοῦτο παλαιὸν ἡμῖν ἐστὶν οἰκητήριον: ὀχλοῦμεν δὲ οὐδενί: πᾶσι δὲ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀγνῶτες, αὐτόθι λανθάνομεν, ταύταις ταῖς λίμναις περικεκλεισμένοι πάντοθεν: εἰ δὲ τοῦτο φίλον ὑμῖν, δέχεσθε τὸ ἡμέτερον κτῆμα,

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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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