# Graecarum affectionum curatio 3.7

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/3.7

Ξυνομολογεῖ δὲ καὶ ὁ Πλάτων ἐν τῷ Κρατύλῳ, καὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας τόνδε πρῶτον περὶ τῶν καλουμένων θεῶν τὸν πλάνον εἰσδέξασθαι, λέγει δὲ ὧδε· «Φαίνονταί μοι οἱ πρῶτοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ 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.
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