# Historia ecclesiastica 6.33.3-4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 6.33.3 to 6.33.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.33.3

Καὶ οἱ μὲν ὧδε ἐφιλοσόφουν. Ἐν Κάραις δὲ Εὐσέβιος, ὃς ἐν τῷ ἐθελοντὴς καθεῖρχθαι ἐφιλοσόφει: καὶ Πρωτογένης, ὃς τὴν αὐτόθι ἐκκλησίαν ἐπετρόπευσε μετὰ Βῖτον τὸν τότε ἐπίσκοπον: Βῖτον ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἀοίδιμον, ὃν φασὶ βασιλέα Κωνσταντῖνον πρώτως θεασάμενον, ὁμολογῆσαι ὡς πάλαι πολλάκις ἐν ἐπιφανείαις τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον ὁ Θεὸς αὐτῷ ἐπέδειξε, καὶ παρεκελεύσατο, ὅ τι λέγοι, πειθαρχεῖν αὐτῷ. Καὶ Ἀώνης δὲ ἐν Φαδανᾷ τὸ φροντιστήριον εἶχε: τόπος δὲ οὗτος, οὗ Ἰακὼβ ὁ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἔκγονος ἐκ Παλαιστίνης ἐπιστὰς, ἔτι παρθένῳ συνήπτετο τῇ μετὰ ταῦτα γαμετῇ: ἐκκυλίσας τε τοῦ ἐνθάδε φρέατος τὸν λίθον, πρῶτον αὐτῆς τὸ ποίμνιον ἐπότισε. Φασὶ δὲ τοῦτον Ἀώνην, τῆς ἐκτὸς πάντων ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀκριβοῦς φιλοσοφίας ἄρξασθαι παρὰ Σύροις, ὥσπερ Ἀντώνιον παῤ Αἰγυπτίοις.

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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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