ἀνὴρ ἱερὰν εἶναι ‚ τροφῆς ἀνέχειν· ἐὰν πατὴρ υἱῷ, ἐὰν ἄρχων τῷ ὑπηκόῳ ‚ ταὐτόν. καὶ ἔκλυσις δὲ ἐπιφημισθέντων ἡ μὲν τελειοτάτη καὶ μεγίστη, τοῦ ἱερέως ἀποφήσαντος · ὑπὸ γὰρ τοῦ θεοῦ κύριος οὗτος δέξασθαι· καὶ μετὰ ταύτην δὲ ἡ παρὰ τῶν μᾶλλον
ἀεὶ κυρίων ὁσία ἵλεων τὸν θεὸν ἀποφαίνειν ‚ ὡς μηδὲ ἐπάναγκες τὴν ἀνάθεσιν δέχεσθαι.
Praeparatio Evangelica. Eusebius. ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. Germany. 2014.
Sponsored by University of Leipzig.
Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.