# Historia ecclesiastica 6.29.29

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 29. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.29.29

ἀνέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν τόπον ἐν ᾧ ᾤκει. Ἔνθα δὴ φρέαρ ὀρύξας; πικρὸν εὗρε τὸ ὕδωρ: καὶ μέχρι τελευτῆς ὑπέμεινε τούτῳ κεχρημένος. Ὁ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα χρόνος τὸ ὑπερβάλλον ἀπέδειξε τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐγκρατείας: ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐτελεύτησε, πολλῶν σπουδασάντων ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ φιλοσοφεῖν, οὐδεὶς ὑπέστη. Ἐγὼ δὲ ὡς ἐμαυτὸν πείθω, εἰ μὴ καὶ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ φιλοσοφεῖν ἔγνωκεν, οὐ χαλεπὸν ἦν αὐτῷ εὐξαμένῳ μεταβαλεῖν τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς γεῦσιν γλυκεῖαν: ὅπουγε καὶ μὴ ὂν παντάπασιν ἀναβλύσαι ἐποίησεν.

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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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