# Graecarum affectionum curatio 3.76

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/3.76

Ὅτι δὲ τὸν Ἀθηναίων δεδιὼς δῆμον οὐ παντελῶς ἀπηγόρευσε τῶν ἀγαλμάτων τὴν ποίησιν, αὐτόθεν καταμαθεῖν εὐπετές. Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἰδίᾳ κατασκευάζειν τινὰ θεῶν εἰκόνας ἐκώλυσεν, ἔπειτα δὲ τὸν χρυσὸν καὶ τὸν ἄργυρον, ὡς ἐπιφθόνους ὕλας καὶ εἰς ἱεροσυλίαν ἐρεθιζούσας, ἐξέβαλε· τὸν ἐλέφαντα δὲ δυσαγῆ προσηγόρευσεν· τὸν δέ γε χαλκὸν καὶ τὸν σίδηρον πολέμῳ προσήκειν ἔφησεν, οὐκ ἀγαλματουργίᾳ θεῶν· ἐκ ξύλων δὲ μόνον καὶ λίθων προσέταξε διαγλύφεσθαι, εἰδὼς οἶμαι τὴν ὕλην εὐκαταφρόνητον καὶ πεῖσαι ἱκανὴν τοὺς ὁρῶντας μὴ θείαν νομίζειν μηδὲ σέβειν τὰ εὐτελῆ τε καὶ εὔωνα.

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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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