# Historia ecclesiastica 6.31.9

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.31.9

καὶ τράπεζαν παραθεῖναι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὄντων ἑστιᾶσαι. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἑστίασιν, νιψάμενον τὰς χεῖρας, διηκονεῖτο γὰρ τοῖς ἑστιωμένοις, ἑαυτὸν προσαγγεῖλαι. Τοὺς δὲ τὸν ἄνδρα θαυμάσαντας, ὁμολογῆσαι μὲν ἐφ̓ ᾧ ἐληλύθεισαν: αἰδοῖ δὲ τῇ πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἐξουσίαν δοῦναι φυγῆς. Τὸν δὲ φάναι, ὡς οὐκ ἂν προοίμην ταὐτὰ τοῖς ὁμοδόξοις ἱερεῦσιν ὑπομεῖναι, ἀλλ̓ ἑκοντὶ ἑλέσθαι εἰς τὴν ὑπερορίαν ἐλθεῖν. Πᾶσαν δὲ, οἷαγε ἐκ νέου φιλοσοφήσας, μοναχικὴν ἀρετὴν

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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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