# Graecarum affectionum curatio 8.4

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/8.4

Τούτου δὴ εἵνεκα ἁλιεῦσι καὶ τελώναις καὶ σκυτοτόμῳ χρησάμενος ὑπουργοῖς, προσενήνοχε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ σωτήρια καὶ θεῖα μαθήματα, τὰς μὲν γλώττας αὐτῶν, ἃς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἔλαχον, οὐκ ἀμείψας, τὰ δέ γε διειδῆ καὶ διαυγῆ τῆς σοφίας νάματα διὰ τούτων προχέας· παραπλήσιον ποιῶν, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις ἑστιάτωρ οἶνον ἀνθοσμίαν καὶ εὐώδη καὶ ἄριστον προσενέγκοι τοῖς δαιτυμόσι, κύλιξι καὶ φιάλαις ἐγχέας οὐκ ἠσκημέναις εἰς κάλλος, ἀλλ' οἵ γε διψῶντες ἐπεμφοροῦνται τοῦ νάματος, οὐκ εἰς τὰς κύλικας ἀφορῶντες, ἀλλὰ τὸν οἶνον θαυμάζοντες.

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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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