# Historia ecclesiastica 7.22.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.22.8

εἰ δὲ παραιτήσαιτο, τὸ πρακτέον μαθεῖν. Καὶ ὁ μὲν εἰς Ἰωάννην παραγενόμενος, οὐκ ἔπεισε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ἐλθεῖν: ἐπανελθὼν δὲ, ἤγγειλεν εἰπεῖν, αὐτὸν νικήσειν τὸν πόλεμον, καὶ καθελόντα τὸν τύραννον, μετὰ τὴν νίκην ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ μεταλλάξαι τὸν βίον. Ἀμφότερα δὲ ἀληθῆ τὸ τέλος ἔδειξεν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2048.tlg001.local002/.