# Historia ecclesiastica 7.26.9

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.26.9

Φασὶ δὲ κομήτην αὐτὸν διαμεῖναι καθ̓ ὃ σχῆμα φιλοσοφεῖν ἀρξάμενος ἐπετήδευσε: λιτὸν δὲ τὴν δίαιταν: τροφῆς δὲ, οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν, ἀλλ̓ ἐν τῷ πεινῆν ἢ διψῆν τὸν καιρὸν ὁρίσαι: φιλοσόφου γὰρ ἦν, οἶμαι, καὶ τούτοις πρὸς χρείαν οὐ διὰ ῥαστώνην εἴκειν.

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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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