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ἑτέρων τινῶν: ὕστερον δὲ αὐτὸν μοιχεύοντα τὴν
Ἀφροδίτην δεθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ νηπίου Ἔρωτος
καὶ ὑπὸ Ἡφαίστου. πῶς οὖν θεός ἐστιν ὁ ἐπιθυμητὴς
καὶ πολεμιστὴς καὶ δέσμιος καὶ μοιχός;
Τὸν δὲ Διόνυσον παρεισάγουσι θεὸν εἶναι, νυκτερινὰς
ἄγοντα ἑορτὰς καὶ διδάσκαλον μέθης, καὶ
ἀποσπῶντα τὰς τῶν πλησίον γυναῖκας, καὶ μαινόμενον
καὶ φεύγοντα: ὕστερον δὲ αὐτὸν σφαγῆναι
ὑπὸ τῶν Τιτάνων. εἰ οὖν Διόνυσος σφαγεὶς οὐκ
ἠδυνήθη ἑαυτῷ βοηθῆσαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ μαινόμενος
ἦν καὶ μέθυσος καὶ δραπέτης, πῶς ἂν εἴη θεός;
Τὸν δὲ Ἡρακλῆν παρεισάγουσι μεθυσθῆναι
καὶ μανῆναι, καὶ τὰ ἴδια τέκνα σφάξαι, εἶτα πυρὶ
ἀναλωθῆναι καὶ οὕτως ἀποθανεῖν. πῶς δ̓ ἂν εἴη
θεός, μέθυσος καὶ τεκνοκτόνος, καὶ κατακαιόμενος;
ἢ πῶς ἄλλοις βοηθήσει, ἑαυτῷ βοηθῆσαι
μὴ δυνηθείς;
Τὸν δὲ Ἀπόλλωνα παρεισάγουσι θεὸν εἶναι
ζηλωτήν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τόξον καὶ φαρέτραν κρατοῦντα,
ποτὲ δὲ καὶ κιθάραν καὶ ἐπαυθίδα, καὶ
μαντευόμενον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις χάριν μισθοῦ. ἄρα
ἐπενδεής ἐστιν: ὅπερ οὐκ ἐνδέχεται θεὸν εἶναι
ἐνδεῆ καὶ ζηλωτὴν καὶ κιθαρῳδόν.
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Ἄρτεμιν δὲ παρεισάγουσιν ἀδελφὴν αὐτοῦ
εἶναι, κυνηγὸν οὖσαν, καὶ τόξον ἔχειν μετὰ
φαρέτρας, καὶ ταύτην ῥέμβεσθαι κατὰ τῶν ὀρέων
μόνην μετὰ τῶν κυνῶν, ὅπως θηρεύσει ἔλαφον ἢ
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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