Church History 2.12.1

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Josephus (quoted): during the great famine Queen Helena bought grain from Egypt for the poor.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:59

“Ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ καὶ τὸν ‘μέγαν λιμὸν κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν συνέβη γενέσθαι, καθʼ ὃν καὶ ἡ βασίλισσα Ἑλένη πολλῶν χρημάτων ὠνησαμένη σῖτον ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγύπτου διένειμε τοῖς “ ἀπορουμένοις.’’

English · Claude translation

“At this time it also happened that the great famine took place in Judea, during which Queen Helena, having bought grain from Egypt for large sums, distributed it to the needy.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:59 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Extrabiblical texts

Josephus, Ant. 20.101 (Josephus (works)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Josephus, Ant. 20.101 (compare 20.51).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/12/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/12/1/).

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