# Praeperatio Evangelica 10.2-3

Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΝ, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/praeperatio-evangelica/10.2-3

εἶτα δὲ ἐπεξιὼν τὰς τῶν πολλῶν ὑπο- λήψεις ἀνασκευάζει , μὴ χρῆναι φάσκων θεοὺς ὑπο- λαμβάνειν τοὺς ταῖς διὰ ζῴων θυσίαις χαίροντας. εἶναι γάρ φησι πάντων ἀδικώτατον τὸ ζῳοθυτεῖν, καὶ ἀνόσιον καὶ μυσαρὸν καὶ βλαβερὸν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μηδὲ θεοῖς προσφιλές. ταῦτα δὲ λέγων δῆλος ἂν εἴη τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θεὸν ἀπελέγχων · προστάττειν γὰρ ἀρτίως ἔφησε τὸν χρησμὸν μὴ μόνον τοῖς ὑποχθονίοις καὶ ἐπιχθονίοις θεοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἀερίοις οὐρανίοις τε καὶ αἰθερίοις ζῳοθυτεῖν.

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Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2018.tlg001.local001/.