# Historia ecclesiastica 7.20.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.20.3

ὅτι μὴ συγχωροῖντο κατὰ τὸν πάτριον νόμον τῷ ποταμῷ θύειν. Ὑπονοήσας δὲ ὁ τοῦ ἔθνους ἡγούμενος εἰς στάσιν αὐτοὺς παρασκευάζεσθαι, τάδε ἐμήνυσε. Μαθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς, ἄμεινον ἔφη πρὸς τὸ θεῖον διαμεῖναι πιστὸν, ἢ τὰ Νείλου νάματα καὶ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν εὐετηρίαν προτιμῆσαι τῆς εὐσεβείας: μηδέποτε γὰρ ῥεύσειεν ἐκεῖνος ὁ ποταμὸς, εἴπερ ἀληθῶς οἷός τέ ἐστι γοητείαις ὑπάγεσθαι, καὶ θυσίαις χαίρειν, καὶ αἱμάτων ῥεύσει μιαίνειν τὰς ἐκ τοῦ θείου Παραδείσου ἐπιρροάς.

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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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