# Graecarum affectionum curatio 1.18

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/1.18

σίαν διετέλει θαμίζων. Τούτων δέ γε οἱ πλεῖστοι μὲν οὐδὲ τὴν Μῆνιν ἴσασι τὴν Ἀχιλλέως, ἐξ ἧς ἄρχεσθαι τῶν ἐλλογίμων μαθημάτων εἴωθε τὰ μειράκια· οἱ δέ, ὀλίγα μὲν παρὰ ποιητῶν, ὀλίγα δὲ παρὰ ῥητόρων ἐρανισάμενοι, τῶν δέ γε φιλοσόφων οὐδὲ αὐτὰς τὰς προσηγορίας μεμαθηκότες, πλὴν δυοῖν ἢ τριῶν τῶν ἐπισήμων, βάρβαρον μὲν τὴν θείαν γραφὴν ὀνομάζουσι, μαθεῖν δὲ τἀληθὲς παρ' αὐτῆς αἰσχρὸν ὑπειλήφασιν. Ἐξ ἀγνοίας δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀλαζονείας ἐπιγίνεται πάθημα.

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4089.tlg001.local001/.