Ante-Nicene Christian Library; Translations Of The Writings Of The Fathers Down To A.D. 325, Volume 24: Early Liturgies and Other Documents

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even to spoah of it: for tho stori es that have been inventodabout them ars very Wiched and shoching; passing strange,

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100 SYRIAC DOCUMENTS Why, ins fovereign ot tho gods, the very faster of gods

an adulterer, and as a forcerer,' and as a paederasti Read tothe fovereign of the gods, O men os Greece, the laW con- cerning parricide, and the condemnation pronounced on

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service and honour to Kronos, Who devoured his childron. Then, too, as regards Alexander Paris-he was right in

abouq Procne also, to this hour screaming as she flies; her sister too, Warbling With her longue cui out ' What, moreover, is it fitting to say about tho murder committed by indipus, Who took his oWn mollier fio WitH, and whose brothors hilled one another, they being sat the fame timeJhis sons l ur festivat' too, I hate; for there is no moderation inere they are; tho sWeet flutes also, dispellers of care, Which playas an incitement to dancing ;' and the preparation of oint-

) ne tradition seema to be fosso ed Which mahes Procne to have been changed into a sWallo , and her sister Philomela) into a nightingate. ε Cureton: play mith a tremulous motion.' But the Syriac very mell

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and become partiners of it. Acquaint yourselves With the Κing Immortal, and acknowledge His servants. For not in arma do they mahe their boast, nor do they commit murders: becauso our Commander has no delight in abundance of strength, nor Fet in horaemen and their gallant array, nor

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continue.

on this account, io, Ι havo written for theo this record, bouehinc that Whicli I havo by care ut observation di covored in the worid. For 4ho hind of lito mon load hasbeen caretally observed by me. I troad the path os learning

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become Very pleasant to thee: for to me also it so happened. When, moreoVer, a person has test his homo, and is able

stillJ to preserve his spreviouq character, and properly does

the risings and settings of the seasons.

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harm: in the case of the virtuous, Dur verri affection forthem torments us, and hom their fuso excellenco OL character We suffer torture; and, in the case of the victous, Meare Worried Mith their correction, and amictod with thoirmisconduci. Thou hast heard moreover, concerning our companions,

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onost Verit' as a stranger thou hast been fortunate; verily, sor thy smali love many people have conceived an ardent affection for thee.

possessions a man can place reliance, or concerning What