# Historia ecclesiastica 7.22.7

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.22.7

Θεοδόσιος δὲ διανοούμενος, πῆ ἄρα τὴν ἀπόβασιν ἕξει ὁ πρὸς αὐτὸν πόλεμος, καὶ πότερον ἐπ’ αὐτὸν χωρεῖν δεῖ ἢ ἐπιόντα περιμένειν, ἔγνωκε περὶ τούτου συμβούλῳ χρήσασθαι Ἰωάννῃ τῷ ἐν Θηβαΐδι μοναχῷ: ὃν ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν εἴρηται ἐπιφανέστατον τηνικάδε γενέσθαι ἐπὶ γνώσει τῶν ἐσομένων. Καὶ Εὐτρόπιον, ὃς πιστὸς ἦν αὐτῷ τῶν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις εὐνούχων, πέπομφεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, εἰ μὲν δυνατὸν, ἄξοντα αὐτόν:

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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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