# Graecarum affectionum curatio 7.41

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/7.41

Εἶτα δείκνυσι, τίνα θύειν προσήκει, καί φησιν· «Καὶ μὴν θύειν δεῖ ἐκεῖνα, ἃ θύοντες οὐδένα πημανοῦμεν· οὐδὲν γὰρ ὡς τὸ θύειν ἀβλαβὲς εἶναι χρὴ πᾶσιν.» Καὶ αὖ πάλιν· «Ἀφεκτέον ἄρα τῶν ζῴων ἐν ταῖς θυσίαις.» Ἀναμιμνήσκει δὲ καὶ τῶν πάλαι τολμηθεισῶν ἀνδροφονιῶν· «Ἐθύετο γάρ» φησιν «ἐν Ῥόδῳ μηνὶ Μεταγειτνιῶνι ἕκτῃ ἱσταμένου ἄνθρωπος τῷ Κρόνῳ· ὃ δὴ ἐπὶ πολὺ κρατῆσαν εἰς ἔθος μετεβλήθη. Ἕνα γὰρ τῶν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ δημοσίᾳ κατακριθέντων μέχρι τῶν Κρονίων ξυνεῖχον.»

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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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