# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 30.270

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/30.270

καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐποίει. Θευδᾶς δὲ πάλιν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐκεῖνο καταλαβὼν σπήλαιον, καὶ εἰς τὰς βίβλους ἐγκύψας τὰς ταῦτα ἐνεργεῖν δυναμένας, καὶ ἓν τῶν πονηρῶν πνευμάτων καλέσας, εἰς πόλεμον ἐκπέμπει τοῦ στρατιώτου τῆς Χριστοῦ παρατάξεως· οὐκ εἰδὼς ὁ ἄθλιος οἷον ἔμελλε γέλωτα ὑποστῆναι καὶ αἰσχύνης πληροῦσθαι σὺν πάσῃ τῇ ὑπ’ αὐτὸν δαιμονικῇ φάλαγγι. τὸ δὲ πονηρὸν πνεῦμα, ἄλλα τε πονηρότερα συμπαραλαβὸν πνεύματα, τὸν κοιτῶνα καταλαμβάνει τοῦ γενναίου παιδός, καὶ ἐπιπίπτει αὐτῷ λαβρότατον ἀνάψαν τῆς σαρκὸς τὴν κάμινον. καὶ ὁ μὲν πονηρὸς ἔνδον ἀνέφλεγεν· αἱ δὲ τὴν ὄψιν εὐπρεπεῖς, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν καὶ λίαν δυσειδεῖς, κόραι ἔξωθεν τὴν πονηρὰν ἐχορήγουν ὕλην.

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John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, ed. George Ratcliffe Woodward, Harold Mattingly. 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.
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