Be not, O Greeks, so very hostilely disposed towards the Barbarians, nor look with ill will on their opinions. For which of your institutions has not been derived from the Barbarians? The most eminent of the Telmessians invented the art of divining by dreams; the Carians, that of prognosticating by the stars; the Phrygians and the most ancient Isaurians, augury by the flight of birds; the Cyprians, the art of inspect
Tatian the Assyrian discusses baptism, prayer, and forgiveness in Diatessaron. The opening subject is “behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,.”
