# Graecarum affectionum curatio 8.47

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/8.47

Κἀν τῷ Κρατύλῳ δὲ τόνδε τὸν λόγον διεύρυνεν· ἐπαινεῖ γὰρ τὸν Ἡσίοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους γε ποιητὰς εἰρηκότας· «ὡς ἐπειδάν τις ἀγαθὸς ὢν τελευτήσῃ, μεγάλην μοῖραν καὶ τιμὴν ἐκεῖ ἔχει, καὶ γίνεται δαίμων κατὰ τὴν τῆς φρονήσεως ἐπωνυμίαν· ταύτῃ οὖν τίθεμαι κἀγὼ τὸν δαήμονα ἄνδρα.» Ὁ δέ γε Ἡσίοδος περὶ τοῦ χρυσοῦ γένους ταῦτα ἔφη· αὐτὰρ ἐπειδὴ τοῦτο γένος κατὰ μοῖρ' ἐκάλυψεν, οἱ μὲν δαίμονες ἁγνοὶ ἐπιχθόνιοι καλέονται, ἐσθλοί, ἀλεξίκακοι, φύλακες θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων.

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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/.