# Graecarum affectionum curatio 2.27

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/2.27

ὧν δὲ οὗτοι ταῦτά γε ἔμαθον, μαθεῖν οὐκ ἐθέλετε; Ὅτι γὰρ οἱ πρὸ τούτων γενόμενοι ποιηταὶ καὶ φιλόσοφοι πλέον τῶν ὁρωμένων οὐδὲν ὑπέλαβον εἶναι, ὁ Πλάτων ἐν τῷ Κρατύλῳ δεδήλωκεν· «Φαίνονται γάρ μοι» φησίν «οἱ πρῶτοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων περὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τούτους μόνους ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς, οὕσπερ νῦν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν βαρβάρων, ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην καὶ γῆν καὶ ἄστρα καὶ οὐρανόν· ἅτε οὖν αὐτὰ ὁρῶντες ἰόντα δρόμῳ καὶ θέοντα, ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς φύσεως, τῆς τοῦ θεῖν, θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι.»

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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/.