# Ad Marcellam 19

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/19

σὺ δὲ ταῦτα λέγειν με ἡγοῦ οὐ παραγγέλλοντα σέβειν θεόν· γε- λοῖος γὰρ ὁ τοῦτο παραγγέλλων ὡς ἐπιδιστάζειν ἐνόν- τος περὶ τούτου· καὶ οὐχ ὅτι τινὰ ποιοῦντες ἢ δοξά- ζοντες περὶ θεοῦ καλῶς τοῦτον σέβομεν. οὔτε δά- κρυα καὶ ἱκετεῖαι θεὸν ἐπιστρέφουσιν οὔτε θυμπόλια θεὸν τιμῶσιν οὔτε ἀναθημάτων πλῆθος κοσμοῦσι θεόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἔνθεον φρόνημα καλῶς ἡδρασμένον συνάπτει θεῷ. χωρεῖν γὰρ ἀνάγκη τὸ ὅμοιον πρὸς τὸ ὅμοιον. θυηπολία δὲ ἀφρόνων πυρὸς τροφὴ καὶ τὰ παρὰ τούτων ἀναθήματα ἱεροσύλοις χορηγία τῶν ἀκολασιῶν. σοὶ δέ, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, νεὼς μὲν ἔστω τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ ἐν σοὶ νοῦς. παρασκευαστέον δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ κοσμητέον εἰς καταδοχὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιτήδειον. μηδὲ ἐφήμερος ὁ κόσμος ἔστω καὶ τὰ τῆς παραδοχῆς καὶ πάλιν γέλωτες καὶ ἀφροσύναι καὶ τὸ χώρημα τοῦ πονηροῦ δαίμονος.

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Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, ed. August Nauck. 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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