# Graecarum affectionum curatio 1.105

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/1.105

Αὐτίκα τοίνυν ἢν ἐθελήσωμεν διαγνῶναι χρυσὸν δόκιμόν τε καὶ ἄπεφθον, οὐχ ἡμεῖς τῇ βασάνῳ τοῦτον προσφέρομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἐπιστάμενον τὰ τοιαῦτα δοκιμάσαι κελεύομεν· ὁ δέ, ἢ τῇ λίθῳ προσφέρων ἢ τῷ πυρί, ἢ κίβδηλον ἢ δόκιμον ἀποφαίνει· οὕτω καὶ πολυτελεῖς ὠνούμενοι λίθους, οὐχ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς τὴν τούτων διάγνωσιν ἐπιτρέπομεν, ἀλλ' οἷς ὁ χρόνος καὶ ἡ πεῖρα τήνδε τὴν ἐπιστήμην ἐνέθηκεν·

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Graecarum affectionum curatio. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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