# Historia ecclesiastica 3.10.1

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/3.10.1

Ἰουλιανὸς δὲ Πέρσαις ἐπιστρατεῦσαι βουλόμενος εἰς ἅπαντα μὲν τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἡγεμονίαν χρηστήρια τοὺς εὐνουστάτους τῶν ὑπηκόων ἐξέπεμψεν, αὐτὸς δὲ τὸν Πύθιον τὸν Δαφναῖον ἱκέτευε δηλῶσαί οἱ τὰ ἐσόμενα. ὁ δὲ τοὺς γειτονεύοντας νεκροὺς ἔφη ἐμποδὼν γιγνεσθαι τῇ μαντείᾳ, καὶ χρῆναι τούτους πρότερον εἰς ἕτερον μετατεθῆναι χωρίον, εἶθ’ οὕτως ἀπαγγεῖλαι τὴν πρόρρησιν· οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἴποιμί τι, μὴ τοῦ τεμένους ἐκκαθαρθέντος«.

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Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Léon Parmentier. 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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