# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 32.297

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 32. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/32.297

αὐτὸς ἔχεις εἰπεῖν περὶ τῶν σου καὶ ῥητόρων, ὧν ἐμώρανεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν, τῶν συνηγόρων τοῦ διαβόλου; τί μνήμης ἄξιον κατέλιπον τῷ βίῳ; εἰπέ. τί δ’ ἂν εἴποις περὶ αὐτῶν, ἢ ἀλογίαν καὶ αἰσχρότητα, καὶ τέχνην ματαίαν, τῇ καλλιεπείᾳ τῶν λόγων τὸν βόρβορον συγκαλύπτουσαν τῆς δυσώδους αὐτῶν θρησκείας; Ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν ποιητῶν ὅσοι μικρόν τι δεδύνηνται τῆς πολλῆς ἀνανεῦσαι μανίας, εἶπον τὸ ἀληθέστερον, ὅτι οἱ λεγόμενοι θεοὶ ἄνθρωποι ἦσαν, καί, διὰ τό τινας μὲν αὐτῶν ἄρξαι χωρῶν τε καὶ πόλεων, τινὰς δὲ ἄλλο τι οὐδαμινὸν κατὰ τὸν βίον ποιῆσαι, πλανηθέντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους θεοὺς αὐτοὺς καλέσαι. καταρχὰς μὲν γὰρ ὁ Σεροὺχ ἐκεῖνος ἱστόρηται τὰ τῶν ἀγαλμάτων ἐξευρεῖν.

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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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