# Praeperatio Evangelica 15.5-2

Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΝ, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/praeperatio-evangelica/15.5-2

εἰ γὰρ ἡ διὰ ζῴων ἀλόγων θυσία ἐπάρατος καὶ κακόθυτος πρὸς τῶν φιλοσόφων ἐλέχθη, μυσαρά τε καὶ ἄδικος καὶ ἀνόσιος καὶ οὐκ ἀβλαβὴς τοῖς θύουσι, καὶ διά γε ταῦτα πάνταθεῶν ἀναξία, τί χρὴ νομίζειν τὴν δι’ ἀνθρώπων σφαγῆς; ἢ παντὸς αὕτη γένοιτ’ ἂν ἀσεβεστάτη καὶ ἀνοσιωτάτη ; πῶς οὖν ἀγαθοῖς δαίμοσιν, οὐχὶ δὲ τοῖς παμμιάροις καὶ πανωλέθροις πνεύμασιν εἰκότως ἂν λεχθείη προσφιλής,.

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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/.