# De Abrahamo 188

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 188. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/188

ἐρευνητέον οὖν, εἰ ὑπό τινος τῶν λεχθέντων ἡττηθεὶς ἐκεῖνος ἔμελλε σφαγιάζειν τὸν υἱόν, ἔθους ἢ τιμῆς ἢ δέους. ἔθος μὲν οὖν τὸ ἐπὶ παιδοκτονίᾳ Βαβυλὼν καὶ Μεσοποταμία καὶ τὸ Χαλδαίων ἔθνος οὐ παραδέχεται, ἐν οἷς ἐτράφη καὶ ἐπεβίωσε τὸν πλείονα χρόνον, ὡς τῇ συνεχείᾳ τῶν δρωμένων ἀμβλυτέραις ταῖς τῶν δεινῶν φαντασίαις κεκρατῆσθαι δοκεῖν.

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Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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