# Historia Nova 2.37.2

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.37.2

τοῦτο τὸ λόγιον πάντα μὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν, ὑπεμφαῖνον ὄντως καὶ ἐν αἰνίγμασι, λέγει, τά τε ἐσόμενα Βιθυνοῖς κακὰ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἐπενεχθέντων αὐτοῖς ἐς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα φόρων βαρύτητα καὶ ὡς ἡ ἀρχὴ ταχέως ἐπιβήσεται ἀνδράσιν οἳ Βύζαντος ἕδος καταναιετάουσι. τὸ δὲ μετὰ χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον τὰ προρρηθέντα ἐκβῆναι μὴ λαμβανέτω τις εἰς τὸ περὶ ἑτέρου τινὸς λέγειν τὴν πρόρρησιν: πᾶς γὰρ χρόνος τῷ θείῳ βραχὺς ἀεί τε ὄντι καὶ ἐσομένῳ. ταῦτα δὴ οὖν ἔκ τε τῶν τοῦ χρησμοῦ ῥημάτων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκβάντων ἐτεκμηράμην. εἰ δέ τῳ τὸ χρησθὲν ἑτέρως ἔχειν δοκεῖ, ταύτῃ νοείτω.

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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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