# Historia ecclesiastica 3.9.3

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/3.9.3

ὑπεχώρησε δὲ ὅμως, ἐληλυθέναι τοὺς τι ἀπεσταλμένους μεμαθηκώς· καὶ πορθμεῖον εὑρὼν παρὰ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν Θηβαίων χώραν ἀνήγετο. ὁ δὲ ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν προστεταγμένος, πυθόμενος τὴν φυγήν, κατὰ κράτος ἐδίωκεν. ἑτέρου δέ τινος τῶν γνωρίμων προειληφότος καὶ σφόδρα ἐλαύνειν αὐτὸν εἰρηκότος τινὲς μὲν τῶν συνόντων ἐπὶ τὴν ἔρημον ἐκκλίνειν ἱκέτευον· αὐτὸς δὲ τῶ κυβερνήτῃ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἰθῦναι τὸ πορθμεῖον ἐκέλευεν.

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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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