# De Abrahamo 227

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 227. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/227

πάνυ γὰρ οὔσης εὐδαίμονος πέντε βασιλεῖς ἐπεκράτουν τάς τε πόλεις καὶ τὴν γῆν δασάμενοι πολλὴν μὲν οὐκ οὖσαν, εὔσταχυν δὲ καὶ εὔδενδρον καὶ καρπῶν περίπλεων· ὃ γὰρ ταῖς ἄλλαις τὸ μέγεθος, τοῦθ’ ἡ ἀρετὴ Σοδόμοις παρέσχεν, ὅθεν καὶ πλείους ἐραστὰς ἔσχεν ἡγεμόνας τὸ κάλλος αὐτῆς καταπλαγέντας.

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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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