# De Abrahamo 99

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 99. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/99

Ἤκουσα μέντοι καὶ φυσικῶν ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ἀπὸ σκοποῦ τὰ περὶ τὸν τόπον ἀλληγορούντων, οἳ τὸν μὲν ἄνδρα συμβολικῶς ἔφασκον σπουδαῖον εἶναι νοῦν ἐκ τῆς περὶ τοὔνομα ἑρμηνευθείσης δυνάμεως τεκμαιρόμενοι τρόπον ἀστεῖον ἐν ψυχῇ, τὴν δὲ τούτου γυναῖκα ἀρετήν, ἧς τοὔνομά ἐστι Χαλδαϊστὶ μὲν Σάρρα, Ἑλληνιστὶ δὲ „ἄρχουσα“, διὰ τὸ μηδὲν ἀρετῆς ἀρχικώτερον εἶναι καὶ ἡγεμονικώτερον. γάμος δέ,

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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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