# De abstinentia 23-2

Porphyrius, De abstinentia, IBΔIΟN ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/de-abstinentia/23-2

ἆρʼ οὖν θυτέον τὰ τοῦ σφάττεσθαιτοῖς θεοῖς; καὶ πῶς, εἴ γε φαῦλα τὴν φύσιν ἐστίν; οὐθὲν γὰρ μᾶλλον ταῦτα ἢ τὰ ἀνά- πηρα θυτέον. κακῶν δὲ οὕτως ἀπαρχὴν καὶ οὐ τι- μῆς ἕνεκα τὰς θυσίας ποιήσομεν. εἰ δʼ ἄρα θυτέον τοῖς θεοῖς τὰ ζῷα, τὰμηθὲν ἀδικοῦντα τούτων ἡμᾶς θυτέον. οὐκ ἀναιρετέον δὲ ὡμολογηκότες μηθὲν ἡμᾶς ἀδικοῦντα τῶν λοιπῶν ζῴων, ὥστε οὐδὲ θυ- τέον αὐτὰ τοῖς θεοῖς. εἰ οὖν οὔτε ταῦτα θυτέον οὔτε τὰ κακοποιά, πῶς οὐ φανερὸν ὅτι παντὸς μᾶλ- λον ἀφεκτέον καὶ οὐ θυτέον ἐστὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ζῴων οὐδέν, ἀναιρεῖν γε μέντοι τούτων ἕτερ’ ἄττα προσ- ήκει;

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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.
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