# Historia ecclesiastica 6.5.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.5.4

Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς, ᾔδει γὰρ τὰς Ἀθανασίῳ τότε συμβάσας ἐπιβουλὰς, οὐκ ἔθετο ταῖς κατ̓ αὐτοῦ διαβολαῖς: ἀλλὰ Λούκιον μὲν σὺν ἀπειλῇ ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν ἐπιτάττει: Προβάτιον δὲ, καὶ τοὺς ἀμφ̓ αὐτὸν εὐνούχους, ὡς αἰτίους τῶν τοιούτων θορύβων, σωφρονισθῆναι προσέταξε: τὸν δὲ Ἀθανάσιον ἐκ τῆς τότε συνουσίας τὰ μάλιστα φίλον αὐτῷ γενόμενον, ἀπέστειλεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ᾗ ἄριστα αὐτῷ δοκοίη τὰς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τοὺς λαοὺς ἄγειν κελεύσας. Λέγεται γὰρ εἰς ἄγαν αὐτὸν ἧς εἶχεν ἀρετῆς ἐπαινέσαι, βίου τε ἕνεκα καὶ φρονήσεως, καὶ λόγων.

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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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