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τούτων ὄντες, χεῖρον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπλανήθησαν.
οὐ γὰρ ἠρκέσθησαν τοῖς τῶν Χαλδαίων
καὶ Ἑλλήνων σεβάσμασιν, ἀλλ̓ ἔτι καὶ ἄλογα
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ζῷα παρεισήγαγον θεοὺς εἶναι χερσαῖά τε καὶ ἔνυδρα,
καὶ τὰ φυτὰ καὶ βλαστά, καὶ ἐμιάνθησαν
ἐν πάσῃ μανίᾳ καὶ ἀσελγείᾳ χεῖρον πάντων τῶν
ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ἀρχῆθεν γὰρ ἐσέβοντο τὴν
Ἴσιν, ἔχουσαν ἀδελφὸν καὶ ἄνδρα τὸν Ὄσιριν,
τὸν σφαγέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ Τύφωνος.
καὶ διὰ τοῦτο φεύγει ἡ Ἴσις μετὰ Ὥρου τοῦ υἱοῦ
αὐτῆς εἰς Βύβλον τῆς Συρίας, ζητοῦσα τὸν Ὄσιριν,
πικρῶς θρηνοῦσα, ἕως ηὔξησεν ὁ Ὧρος καὶ
ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Τύφωνα. οὔτε οὖν ἡ Ἴσις ἴσχυσε
βοηθῆσαι τῷ ἰδίῳ ἀδελφῷ καὶ ἀνδρί: οὔτε ὁ
Ὄσιρις σφαζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Τύφωνος ἠδυνήθη
ἀντιλαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ: οὔτε Τύφων ὁ ἀδελφοκτόνος,
ἀπολλύμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὥρου καὶ τῆς Ἴσιδος,
εὐπόρησε ῥύσασθαι ἑαυτὸν τοῦ θανάτου. καὶ ἐπὶ
τοιούτοις ἀτυχήμασι γνωρισθέντες αὐτοὶ θεοὶ ὑπὸ
τῶν ἀσυνέτων Αἰγυπτίων ἐνομίσθησαν.
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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