# Historia Nova 5.41.6

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 5, Chapter 41. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/5.41.6

τὸ γὰρ ἐλλεῖπον ἀναπληρῶσαι διὰ τοῦ κόσμου τοῦ περικειμένου τοῖς ἀγάλμασιν ἔγνωσαν, ὅπερ οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἦν ἢ τὰ τελεταῖς ἁγίαις καθιδρυθέντα καὶ τοῦ καθήκοντος κόσμου τυχόντα διὰ τὸ φυλάξαι τῇ πόλει τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἀΐδιον, ἐλαττωθείσης κατά τι τῆς τελετῆς ἄψυχα εἶναι καὶ ἀνενέργητα.

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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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