English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
Scripture says that infants who have been exposed are handed over to a guardian angel, by whom they are brought up and grow, ‘and they will be,’ it says, ‘like the faithful of a hundred years here.’
Translator's note. ‘Guardian angel’ renders τημελοῦχος ἄγγελος, a rare word for an angel who tends or cares.