# Graecarum affectionum curatio 10.34

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/10.34

Ὁποίους δὲ οὗτος τέθεικε νόμους, ἐν τῇ πρὸ ταύτης δεδηλώκαμεν διαλέξει. Ξενηλασίας γὰρ ἐνομοθέτησε καὶ παίδων ἔρωτας ἀκολάστους καὶ γυναικῶν ὁμιλίας ἀθέσμους, καὶ τοὺς γαμηλίους ἀνατέτραφε νόμους. Ἀλλ' ὁ σοφώτατος καὶ μουσικώτατος μάντις αὐτὸς ἔφη τούτους δεδωκέναι τοὺς νόμους καὶ θεὸν καλεῖ τὸν ταῦτα νομοθετήσαντα καὶ ἀγνοεῖν ὁμολογεῖ, πότερον χρὴ θεὸν αὐτὸν καλεῖν ἢ ἄνθρωπον· καὶ τὸ τιμιώτερον δοῦναι θελήσας, οὐ δέδωκεν ὡς θεός, ἀλλ' «ἔλπομαι» εἶπεν ὡς ἄνθρωπος.

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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/.