# Historia Nova 3.9.4

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 3, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/3.9.4

Κωνστάντιος δὲ εἰς τοσοῦτον ὀργῆς τε καὶ ἀλαζονείας ἠνέχθη ὥστε πρὸς τοὺς πρέσβεις εἰπεῖν ὡς προσήκει Ἰουλιανὸν τοῦ ζῆν ἀντεχόμενον ἀποθέσθαι πρὸς τῇ βασιλείᾳ καὶ τὸ τοῦ Καίσαρος σχῆμα, καταστάντα δὲ ἰδιώτην ἑαυτὸν τῇ προαιρέσει τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκδοῦναι: μηδὲ γὰρ πείσεσθαί τι δεινὸν μηδὲ ἀντάξιον ὧν ἐτόλμησε. ταῦτα ἀκηκοὼς Ἰουλιανὸς παρὰ τῶν πρέσβεων εἰς τὸ ἐμφανὲς ἔδειξεν ἣν εἶχε περὶ τὸ θεῖον προαίρεσιν, ἄντικρυς εἰς ἐπήκοον πάντων εἰπὼν ὡς τοῖς θεοῖς ἄμεινον ἢ τοῖς Κωνσταντίου λόγοις ἑαυτόν τε καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐκδοῦναι.

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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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