# Historia Nova 5.18.5

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 5, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/5.18.5

ἐπεὶ δὲ εἰς Θυάτειρα συνέμιξαν ἀλλήλοις, μετέμελε τῷ Τριβιγίλδῳ τὰς Σάρδεις ἀπορθήτους ἀφέντι ῥᾴδιον ὂν τὴν πόλιν ἑλεῖν πάσης ἔρημον οὖσαν ἐπικουρίας. ἀναστρέφειν οὖν ἔγνω σὺν τῷ Γαΐνῃ καὶ τὴν πόλιν κατὰ κράτος ἑλεῖν: κἂν εἰς ἔργον αὐτοῖς ἡ γνώμη προῆλθεν, εἰ μὴ γενόμενος ὄμβρος ἐξαίσιος, καὶ τήν τε γῆν ἐπικλύσας καὶ τοὺς ποταμοὺς καταστήσας ἀπόρους, ταύτην αὐτῶν ἐνέκοψε τὴν ὁρμήν.

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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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