Church History 2.21.2

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

Summary: Josephus (quoted): Felix routed the Egyptian, who fled while most of his followers were killed or captured.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:74

φθάνει δʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁρμὴν Φῆλιξ, “ὑπαντήσας μετὰ τῶν Ῥωμαϊκῶν ὁπλιτῶν. καὶ πᾶς “ ὁ δῆμος συνεφήψατο τῆς ἀμύνῃς, ὥστε συμβολῆς “γενομένης τὸν μὲν Αἰγύπτιον φυγεῖν μετʼ ὀλίγων, “ διαφθαρῆναι δὲ καὶ ζωγρηθῆναι πλείστους τῶν σὺν

English · Claude translation

But Felix anticipated his attack, meeting him with the Roman heavy infantry; and all the people joined in the defence, so that when battle was joined the Egyptian fled with a few, and most of those with him were killed or taken alive.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:74 · 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.

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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, J.W. 2.263 (Josephus (works)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Josephus, J.W. 2.263. The digital text breaks off after σὺν (αὐτῷ lost).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.21.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/21/2/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.21.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/21/2/).

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