# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 86

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 86. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/86

Διὰ τί γάρ, εἰπέ μοι, κατὰ τὸν ἔμπροσθεν χρόνον οὐδέποτέ τι τοιοῦτον εἶπεν οὐδὲ ἐφθέγξατο; Ὅτι τότε μὲν εἶχε τὸ μὴ θεραπεύεσθαι πρόφασιν, ταύτης δὲ αὐτῷ τῆς ἀπολογίας περιαιρεθείσης κατέφυγεν ἐπὶ τοὺς νεκροὺς στενοχωρηθεὶς μή τι πάθοι. Οὐ γὰρ ἐβούλετο ἀσχημονεῖν ἀλλ' ὑμεῖς αὐτὸν ἠναγκάσατο διὰ τῆς πολλῆς θεραπείας τὴν ἀπολογίαν ἐκκόψαντες καὶ οὐκ ἀφέντες εἰς τὴν τῶν θυσιῶν σπάνιν καταφυγεῖν.

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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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