# De abstinentia 22

Porphyrius, De abstinentia, ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/de-abstinentia/22

αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς θεοῖς εἰς εὐσέβειαν συντελοῦντες ζῷα θύομεν· καὶ αὐτῶν ὁ μὲν Ἀπόλλων λυκοκτόνος, ἡ δὲ Ἄρτεμις θηροκτόνος· ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ ἡμίθεοι καὶ οἱ ἥρωες πάντες καὶ γένει καὶ ἀρετῇ ἡμῶν προύχοντες ἐδοκίμασαν τὴν τῶν ἐμψύ- χων προσφοράν, ὥστε καὶ θεοῖς θύειν δωδεκῇδας καὶ ἑκατόμβας. ὁ δὲ Ἡρακλῆς ἔν τε τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ὑμνεῖται, ὅτι βουφάγος ἦν.

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Porphyrius, De abstinentia, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2034.tlg003.local001/.