# Praeperatio Evangelica 13.11

Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΤΡΙΤΟΝ, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/praeperatio-evangelica/13.11

ἔστω γὰρ ὁ Ζεὺς μηκέθ’ ἡ πυρώδης καὶ αἰθέριος οὐσία , ὥσπερ οὖν τοῖς παλαιοῖς ἐνομίζετο κατὰ τὸν Πλούταρχον, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸς ὁ ἀνωτάτω νοῦς , ὁ τῶν ὅλων δημιουργὸς , ὁ τὰ πάντα ζωογονῶν· πῶς οὖν ἔσται τούτου πατὴρ μὲν ὁ Κρόνος, ὅν φασιν εἶναι τὸν χρόνον , Ῥέα δὲ μήτηρ, ἣν ὁ ἑρμηνεὺς ἔφησεν εἶναι τὴν πετρώδη καὶ ὄρειον δύναμιν ; τὴν γὰρ Ἥραν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπως τὸν ἀέρα τὸν καὶ αἰθέρα προσειπὼν ἀδελφὴν ὁμοῦ καὶ γυναῖκά φησιν εἶναι τοῦ κοσμοποιοῦ καὶ ζωοποιοῦ πάντων νοῦ.

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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/.