# Graecarum affectionum curatio 10.17

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/10.17

Ἀλλ' ὁ Πύθιος τἀναντία τῷ Πορφυρίῳ νομοθετεῖ· κελεύει γὰρ τῷ χρησμὸν ἐξαιτοῦντι λύτρα τινὰ δοῦναι τῷ πονηρῷ δαίμονι, χοὰς καὶ πυρὴν καὶ αἷμα κελαινὸν καὶ οἶνον παμμέλανα· καὶ τοιαῦτα ἄττα προσθείς, καὶ τὴν εὐχήν, ἣν δεῖ θύοντα προσενεγκεῖν, ἐξεπαίδευσεν· δαῖμον ἀλιτρονόων ψυχῶν διάδημα λελογχὼς ἠερίων ὑπένερθε μυχῶν, χθονίων δ' ἐφύπερθεν. Καὶ ταῦτα δὲ ὁ Πορφύριος ἐν αὐτῷ γε τῷ ξυγγράμματι τέθεικε, τοῦτον διελέγχων ὡς οὐκ ὄντα θεόν, τὸν δὲ οἰκεῖον κρατύνων λόγον, ὡς οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοὶ ταῖς θυσίαις οἱ χαίροντες.

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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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