# Historia Nova 2.1.3

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.1.3

ἀποβλέπων δὲ εἰς τὸ κεραυνόβλητον ἄλσος ἀκούειν φωνῆς ἔδοξεν, ἀπάγειν εἰς Τάραντα ἐγκελευομένης τὰ τέκνα, κἀκεῖσε θερμήναντα τοῦ Τιβέρεως ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τῆς Ἅιδου καὶ Περσεφόνης ἐσχάρας τοῖς παισὶν δοῦναι πιεῖν. ταῦτα ἀκούσας, τότε δὴ πλέον τὴν τῶν παίδων σωτηρίαν ἀπήλπισεν: Τάραντά τε γὰρ πόρρω που τῆς Ἰταλίας εἶναι, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐν ταύτῃ τοῦ Τιβέρεως ὕδωρ φανήσεσθαι. διδόναι δὲ αὐτῷ πονηρὰν ἐλπίδα καὶ τὸ θερμῆναι τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ βωμοῦ χθονίων δαιμόνων ἀκοῦσαι.

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Zosimus, Historia Nova, ed. Ludwig Mendelssohn. 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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