# Historia Nova 2.5.3

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.5.3

τῇ δὲ πρώτῃ τῶν θεωριῶν νυκτὶ δευτέρας ὥρας ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ τριῶν παρασκευασθέντων βωμῶν τρεῖς ἄρνας θύει μετὰ τῶν δεκαπέντε ἀνδρῶν, καὶ τοὺς βωμοὺς καθαιμάξας ὁλοκαυτεῖ τὰ θύματα. κατασκευασθείσης δὲ σκηνῆς δίκην θεάτρου, φῶτα ἀνάπτεται καὶ πυρά, καὶ ὕμνος ᾅδεται νεωστὶ πεποιημένος, θεωρίαι τε ἱεροπρεπεῖς ἄγονται.

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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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