# Historia ecclesiastica 8.2.1-2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 8.2.1 to 8.2.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/8.2.1

Περὶ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον Νεκταρίου τελευτήσαντος, καὶ βουλῆς οὔσης τίνα δέοι χειροτονεῖν, ἄλλοι μὲν ἄλλους ἐψηφίζοντο, καὶ οὐ τὰ αὐτὰ πᾶσιν ἐδόκει: καὶ ὁ χρόνος ἐτρίβετο. Ἦν δέ τις ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ παῤ Ὀρόντῃ πρεσβύτερος, ᾧ ὄνομα Ἰωάννης, γένος τῶν εὐπατριδῶν: ἀγαθὸς τὸν βίον, λέγειν τε καὶ πείθειν δεινὸς, καὶ τοὺς κατ̓ αὐτὸν ὑπερβάλλων ῥήτορας, ὡς καὶ Λιβάνιος ὁ Σύρος σοφιστὴς ἐμαρτύρησεν: ἡνίκα γὰρ ἔμελλε τελευτᾷν, πυνθανομένων τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τίς ἀντ̓ αὐτοῦ ἔσται,

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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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