# Historia Nova 2.3.1

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.3.1

οὗτος δὲ ὁ βωμὸς καὶ ἡ τῆς ἱερουργίας κατάστασις ἀρχὴν ἔλαβεν ἐξ αἰτίας τοιᾶσδε. Ῥωμαίοις καὶ Ἀλβανοῖς πόλεμος ἦν: ὄντων δὲ ἀμφοτέρων ἐν ὅπλοις ἐπεφάνη τις τερατώδης τὴν ὄψιν, ἠμφιεσμένος δέρματι μέλανι, καὶ βοῶν ὡς Ἅιδης καὶ Περσεφόνη, πρὶν εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν,

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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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