# De Abrahamo 205

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 205. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/205

μηδεὶς δ’ ὑπολαβέτω τὴν ἄκρατον καὶ ἀμιγῆ λύπης χαρὰν ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ καταβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀλλὰ κέκραται ἐξ ἀμφοῖν, περιττεύοντος τοῦ κρείττονος· ὅνπερ τρόπον καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν οὐρανῷ μὲν ἄκρατον καὶ ἀμιγὲς σκότους ἐστίν, ἐν δὲ τοῖς ὑπὸ σελήνην ἀέρι ζοφερῷ κεκραμένον φαίνεται.

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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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