# Historia ecclesiastica 7.20.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.20.2

Τελευτῶν δὲ καὶ πολλοὺς καθεῖλεν. Οἱ δὲ, ἀπορίᾳ εὐκτηρίων οἴκων, τῷ χρόνῳ προσειθίσθησαν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις φοιτᾷν: οὐδὲ γὰρ λάθρα θύειν Ἑλληνικῶς, ἀκίνδυνον ἦν: ἀλλ̓ ἐν ἀφαιρέσει κεφαλῆς καὶ οὐσίας νόμος ἔκειτο κατὰ τῶν ταῦτα τολμώντων τὴν τιμωρίαν κυρῶν. Τηνικαῦτα δὲ φασὶ τὸν Αἰγύπτου ποταμὸν κατόπιν τοῦ καιροῦ γενέσθαι περὶ τὴν πρώτην ἀνάβασιν τῶν ὑδάτων: οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐχαλέπαινον,

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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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