# Graecarum affectionum curatio 1.113

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/1.113

καλοῦσι μόριον οἱ τοῦ γέλωτος ποιηταί, καὶ ἐκαλεῖτό γε παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι φαλλαγώγια ἡ τοῦ φαλλοῦ ἑορτή—προσεκύνουν μὲν τοῦτον καὶ κατεφίλουν οἱ ὀργιάζοντες ἅπαντες, τὸν δὲ λόγον οὐκ ᾔδεσαν· ὁ δὲ καλούμενος ἱεροφάντης ᾔδει τὸν Ὄσιριν καὶ τὸν Τυφῶνα καὶ τὰ τοῦ Ὀσίριδος ὑπὸ τοῦ Τυφῶνος κατακοπτόμενα μέλη καὶ πανταχόσε διασπειρόμενα, τὴν δὲ Ἶσιν, τὴν τοῦ Ὀσίριδος ἀδελφήν, ταῦτα ξὺν πόνῳ ξυλλέγουσαν, μόνον δὲ τὸν φαλλὸν οὐχ εὑρίσκουσαν καὶ τούτου γε χάριν εἰκόνα τούτου κατασκευάζουσαν καὶ παρὰ πάντων προσκυνεῖσθαι κελεύουσαν—

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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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