# Historia ecclesiastica 3.11.5

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/3.11.5

τοῦτο Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Ἰουλιανοῦ θεῖος νύκτωρ μαθὼν τῆς Ἑῴας δὲ ὕπαρχος ἦν) κατὰ τάχος ἐλαύνων τὴν Δάφνην κατέλαβεν, ἐπικουρῆσαι σπουδάζων τῷ παρ’ αὐτῶν προσκυνουμένῳ θεῶ,. ἰδὼν δὲ τὸν καλούμενον θεὸν κόνιν γεγενημένον , τοὺς νεωκόρους ᾐκίζετο, παρὰ Χριστιανοῦ τινος τὸν ἐμπρησμὸν γεγενῆσθαι τοπάζων. οἱ δὲ καὶ αἰκιζόμενοι φάναι τι ψευδὲς οὐκ ἠνέσχοντο· τὸν γὰρ ἐμπρησμὸν ἔλεγον οὐ κάτωθεν ἀλλ’ ἄνωθεν λαβεῖν τὴν ἀρχήν, καὶ τῶν πλησιοχώρων δὲ ἀγροίκων τινὲς ἀφικόμενοι ἔφασαν οὐρανόθεν τὸν πρηστῆρα φερόμενον τεθεᾶσθαι.

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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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