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Tatian, Address to the Greeks
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Address of Tatian to the Greeks.
Chapter I.—The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.
Chapter II.—The Vices and Errors of the Philosophers.
Chapter III.—Ridicule of the Philosophers.
Chapter IV.—The Christians Worship God Alone.
Chapter V.—The Doctrine of the Christians as to the Creation of the World.
Chapter VI.—Christians’ Belief in the Resurrection.
Chapter VII.—Concerning the Fall of Man.
Chapter VIII.—The Demons Sin Among Mankind.
Chapter IX.—They Give Rise to Superstitions.
Chapter X.—Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.
Chapter XI.—The Sin of Men Due Not to Fate, But to Free-Will.
Chapter XII.—The Two Kinds of Spirits.
Chapter XIII.—Theory of the Soul’s Immortality.
Chapter XIV.—The Demons Shall Be Punished More Severely Than Men.
Chapter XV.—Necessity of a Union with the Holy Spirit.
Chapter XVI.—Vain Display of Power by the Demons.
Chapter XVII.—They Falsely Promise Health to Their Votaries.
Chapter XVIII.—They Deceive, Instead of Healing.
Chapter XIX.—Depravity Lies at the Bottom of Demon-Worship.
Chapter XX.—Thanks are Ever Due to God.
Chapter XXI.—Doctrines of the Christians and Greeks Respecting God Compared.
Chapter XXII.—Ridicule of the Solemnities of the Greeks.
Chapter XXIII.—Of the Pugilists and Gladiators.
Chapter XXIV.—Of the Other Public Amusements.
Chapter XXV.—Boastings and Quarrels of the Philosophers.
Chapter XXVI.—Ridicule of the Studies of the Greeks.
Chapter XXVII.—The Christians are Hated Unjustly.
Chapter XXVIII.—Condemnation of the Greek Legislation.
Chapter XXIX.—Account of Tatian’s Conversion.
Chapter XXX.—How He Resolved to Resist the Devil.
Chapter XXXI.—The Philosophy of the Christians More Ancient Than that of the Greeks.
Chapter XXXII.—The Doctrine of the Christians, is Opposed to Dissensions, and Fitted for All.
Chapter XXXIII.—Vindication of Christian Women.
Chapter XXXIV.—Ridicule of the Statues Erected by the Greeks.
Chapter XXXV.—Tatian Speaks as an Eye-Witness.
Chapter XXXVI.—Testimony of the Chaldeans to the Antiquity of Moses.
Chapter XXXVII.—Testimony of the Phœnicians.
Chapter XXXVIII.—The Egyptians Place Moses in the Reign of Inachus.
Chapter XXXIX.—Catalogue of the Argive Kings.
Chapter XL.—Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes.
What advantage should I gain from him who is brought on the stage by Euripides raving mad, and acting the matricide of Alcmæon; who does not even retain his natural behaviour, but with his mouth wide open goes about sword in hand, and, screaming aloud, is burned to death, habited in a robe unfit for man? Away, too, with the mythical tales of Acusilaus, and Menander, a versifier of the same class! And why should I admire the mythic piper? Why should I busy myself about the Theban Antigenides,67 Antigenides was a flute-player, and Aristoxenus a writer on music and musical instruments. like Aristoxenus? We leave you to these worthless things; and do you either believe our doctrines, or, like us, give up yours.
24.1 Τί μοι συμβάλλεται πρὸς ὠφέλειαν ὁ κατὰ τὸν Εὐριπίδην μαινόμενος καὶ τὴν Ἀλκμαίωνος μητροκτονίαν ἀπαγγέλλων, ᾧ μηδὲ τὸ οἰκεῖον πρόσεστι σχῆμα, κέχηνεν δὲ μέγα καὶ ξίφος περιφέρει καὶ κεκραγὼς πίμπραται καὶ φορεῖ στολὴν ἀπάνθρωπον; ἐρρέτω καὶ τὰ Ἡγησίου μυθολογήματα καὶ Μένανδρος τῆς ἐκείνου γλώττης ὁ στιχοποιός. τί μοι καὶ τεθηπέναι τὸν Πυθικὸν αὐλητήν; τί δέ μοι καὶ κατὰ Ἀριστόξενον τὸν Θηβαῖον Ἀντιγενίδην πολυπραγμονεῖν; παραχωροῦμεν ὑμῖν τὰ μὴ ὠφέλιμα· καὶ ὑμεῖς ἢ πείσθητε τοῖς δόγμασιν ὑμῶν ἢ κατὰ τὸ ὅμοιον τῶν ὑμετέρων ἡμῖν ἐκχωρήσατε.