# Historia ecclesiastica 7.21.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.21.4

ἔτυχε γὰρ ἐκ γειτόνων οὖσα, καὶ Μαρδονίου τούτου κτῆμα. Περὶ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον, ἢ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἢ αὐτοῦ τοῦ προφήτου κινοῦντος, ἧκεν εἰς τήνδε τὴν κώμην Θεοδόσιος ὁ βασιλεύς: βουλομένῳ τε τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ τὸ λείψανον λαβεῖν, μόνην φασὶν ἀντειπεῖν Ματρώναν: ἣ παρθένος μὲν ἦν ἱερά: εἴπετο δὲ αὐτῷ διάκονος καὶ φύλαξ: ἀνθισταμένην δὲ παντὶ σθένει, βιάσασθαι οὐχ ἡγήσατο δεῖν: ἀντιβολῶν δὲ, ἐδεῖτο συγχωρεῖν.

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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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