# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 1.43

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/1.43

Μηκέτι ἱπποδρομίας ἔστω σοι λόγος καὶ τῆς θέας τῶν παρανόμων θεάτρων, ἀσελγείας γάρ ἐστι κἀκεῖνα ὑπεκκαύματα, μηδὲ τῆς ὠμῆς τῶν θηρίων τέρψεως. Ποία γὰρ εἰπέ μοι τέρψις ἰδεῖν τὸν ὁμογενῆ καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς σοι φύσεως κοινωνοῦντα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνημέρων θηρίων σπαραττόμενον; Καὶ οὐ δέδοικας οὐδὲ φρίττεις μὴ σκηπτὸς ἄνωθεν κατενεχθεὶς ἐμπρήσῃ σου τὴν κεφαλήν; Σὺ γὰρ ἀκονᾷς ὡς εἰπεῖν τοῦ θηρίου τοὺς ὀδόντας· τό γε σὸν μέρος διὰ τῆς οἰκείας φωνῆς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐργάζῃ τὸν φόνον, εἰ καὶ μὴ τῇ χειρὶ ἀλλὰ τῇ γλώττῃ.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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