# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 84

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 84. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/84

Καὶ ἀνὴρ μὲν ἀγαθὸς οὐδὲ βουλεύσασθαί τι χρήσιμον οὔτε πρᾶξαί τι τῶν δεόντων ὑπὸ σώματος κωλυθήσεται νεκροῦ, ἀλλὰ ἂν ὑγιαίνῃ τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ παρ' αὐτοὺς οἰκῶν τοὺς τάφους καὶ σωφροσύνην καὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιδείξεται τὴν ἀρετήν. Καὶ χειροτέχνης δὲ ἕκαστος ἀνεμποδίστως τὰ τῆς οἰκείας ἐπιστήμης πάντα ἐργάσεται καὶ παρέξει τοῖς δεομένοις αὐτοῦ οὐ πλησίον νεκρῶν καθήμενος μόνον ἀλλὰ κἂν αὐτὰ τὰ μνήματα τῶν κατοιχομένων οἰκοδομῆσαι δέῃ, καὶ ὁ ζωγράφος καὶ ὁ λιθοξόος καὶ ὁ τέκτων καὶ ὁ χαλκοτύπος καὶ πάντες τὰ αὐτῶν συνεισφέρουσι. Μόνος δὲ πάντων ὁ Ἀπόλλων ὑπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν κωλύεσθαί φησι τὰ μέλλοντα προορᾶν.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles. 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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