# Historia ecclesiastica 7.21.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.21.5

Ἐπεὶ δὲ μόλις εἶξεν, ἀνήνυτον εἶναι νομίσασα τῷ κρατοῦντι τὴν ἐπιχείρησιν κατὰ τὸ συμβὰν ἐπὶ τῶν Οὐάλεντος χρόνων, περιλαβὼν τῇ ἁλουργίδι τὴν θήκην ἐν ᾗ ἔκειτο, ἔχων ἐπανῆλθε. Καὶ πρὸ τοῦ ἄστεως Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἔθετο ἐν τῷ καλουμένῳ ἑβδόμῳ: μέγιστον καὶ περικαλλέστατον τῷ Θεῷ ἐνθάδε ναὸν ἐγείρας: πολλὰ δὲ πολλάκις λιπαρήσας Ματρώναν, καὶ κεχαρισμένα ὑποσχόμενος, οὐκ ἔπεισε μεταθέσθαι τῆς δόξης:

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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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