# Historia ecclesiastica 7.15.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.15.6

Προθυμοτέρους δὲ τοὺς ἐν τῷ Σεραπίῳ παρεσκεύαζεν εἶναι, τὸ συνειδέναι σφίσιν ἃ τετολμήκασιν: ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ Ὀλύμπιός τις ἐν φιλοσόφου σχήματι συνὼν αὐτοῖς, καὶ πείθων χρῆναι μὴ ἀμελεῖν τῶν πατρίων, ἀλλ̓ εἰ δέοι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν θνήσκειν: καθαιρουμένων δὲ τῶν ξοάνων, ἀθυμοῦντας ὁρῶν, συνεβούλευε μὴ ἐξίστασθαι τῆς θρησκείας, ὕλην φθαρτὴν καὶ ἰνδάλματα λέγων εἶναι τὰ ἀγάλματα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀφανισμὸν ὑπομένειν: δυνάμεις δέ τινας ἐνοικῆσαι αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀποπτῆναι. Καὶ ὁ μὲν, τοιάδε εἰσηγούμενος, καὶ πληθὺν Ἑλλήνων ἔχων περὶ αὐτὸν, ἐν τῷ Σεραπίῳ διέτριβεν.

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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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