# Κατὰ Γαλιλαίων 16

Julian the Emperor, Κατὰ Γαλιλαίων, Paragraph 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/julian-the-emperor/text-2/16

Ἀλλ’ ἆρα μὴ τοῦτο ὄναρ ἐστὶν ἐννοήσοντες αὐτὸ μαθέτε. θεοὺς ὀνομάζει Πλάτων τοὺς ἐμφανεῖς, ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην, ἄστρα καὶ οὐρανόν, ἀλλ’ οὗτοι τῶν ἀφανῶν εἰσιν εἰκόνες· ὁ φαινόμενος τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν ἥλιος τοῦ νοητοῦ καὶ μὴ φαινομένου, καὶ πάλιν ἡ φαινομένη τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν σελήνη καὶ τῶν ἄστρων ἕκαστον εἰκόνες εἰσὶ τῶν νοητῶν. ἐκείνους οὖν τοὺς νοητοὺς καὶ ἀφανεῖς θεοὺς ἐνυπάρχοντας καὶ συνυπάρχοντας καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ δημιουργοῦ γεννηθέντας καὶ προελθόντας ὁ Πλάτων οἶδεν. εἰκότως οὖν φησιν ὁ δημιουργὸς ὁ παρ’ αὐτῷ θεοί, πρὸς τοὺς ἀφανεῖς λέγων, θεῶν, τῶν ἐμφανῶν δηλονότι. κοινὸς δὲ ἀμφοτέρων δημιουργὸς οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τεχνησάμενος οὐρανὸν καὶ γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν καὶ ἄστρα καὶ γεννήσας ἐν τοῖς νοητοῖς τὰ τούτων ἀρχέτυπα.

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Julian the Emperor, Κατὰ Γαλιλαίων, ed. Wilmer Cave Wright. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2003.tlg017.local001/.