# Legatio sive Supplicatio pro Christianis 13.55

Athenagoras, Legatio sive Supplicatio pro Christianis, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athenagoras/legatio-sive-supplicatio-pro-christianis/13.55

Ὅταν, ἔχοντες τὸν δημιουργὸν θεὸν συνέχοντα καὶ ἐποπτεύοντα ἐπιστήμῃ καὶ τέχνῃ καθ᾿ ἣν ἄγει τὰ πάντα, ἐπαίρωμεν ὁσίους χεῖρας αὐτῷ, ποίας ἔτι χρείαν ἑκατόμβης ἔχει; Καὶ τοὺς μὲν θυσίῃσι καὶ εὐχωλῇς ἀγανῇσιν Λοιβῇ τε κνίσσῃ τε παρατρωπῶσ᾿ ἄνθρωποι, Λισσόμενοι, ὅτε κέν τις ὑπερβήῃ καὶ ἁμάρτῃ. Τί δέ μοι ὁλοκαυτώσεων, ὧν μὴ δεῖται ὁ θεός; Καίτοι προσφέρειν δέον ἀναίμακτον θυσίαν καὶ τὴν λογικὴν προσάγειν λατρείαν.

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Athenagoras, Legatio sive Supplicatio pro Christianis, ed. Francis Andrew March, William Baxter Owen. 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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