# Praeperatio Evangelica 15.1-2-3

Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, 15.1 to 15.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/praeperatio-evangelica/15.1-2

“Οἶδε δὲ ὁ τῆς εὐσεβείας φροντίζων ὡς θεοῖς μὲν οὐ θύεται ἔμψυχον οὐδὲν, δαίμοσιν δὲ, ἀλλ’ ἤτοι ἀγαθοῖς, ἢ καὶ φαύλοις· καὶ τίνων ἐστὶ τὸ θύειν τούτοις καὶ τῶν ἄχρι τινὸς αὐτῶν δεομένων.” Καὶ αὖθις ἐξῆς φησιν “Ὅτι δὲ οὐ θεοῖς , ἀλλὰ δαίμοσι τὰς θυσίας τὰς διὰ τῶν αἱμάτων προσῆγον οἱ τὰς ἐν τῷ παντὶ δυ- νάμεις καταμαθόντες, καὶ τοῦτο πεπίστωται παρ’ αὐτῶν τῶν θεολόγων · καὶ μὴν ὅτι τούτων οἱ μὲν κακοποιοὶ, οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ οὐκ ἐνοχλήσουσιν ἡμῖνμ." Ταῦτα μὲν ὁ δεδηλωμένος. ἐπεὶ δὲ τῶν δαιμόνων μόνων ἔφησε τοὺς μὲν ἀγαθοὺς , τοὺς δὲ φαύλους εἶναι, φέρε πῶς ἴδωμεν ὅτι οὐδὲ ἀγαθοὶ δαίμονες, φαῦλοι δὲ οἶ νενομισμένοι αὐτῶν θεοὶ πάντες ἀλίσκονται; λάβοις δ’ ἂν καὶ τούτου τὴν ἀπόδειξιν ὧδε.

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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/.