# De aeternitate mundi 137

Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, Section 137. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-aeternitate-mundi/137

τί οὖν θαυμαστόν, εἰ μὴ τὰ ὄρη ταῖς τῶν ὑετῶν φοραῖς ἐξανήλωται, τῆς συνεχούσης αὐτὰ δυνάμεως, ὑφ’ ἧς καὶ διανίσταται, μάλα παγίως καὶ κραταιῶς ἐνειλημμένης; λυθέντος γὰρ δεσμοῦ τοῦ συνέχοντος, εἰκὸς ἦν διαλυθῆναι καὶ πρὸς ὕδατος σκεδασθῆναι, δυνάμει δὲ σφιγγόμενα τῇ τοῦ πυρὸς στεγανώτερον πρὸς τὰς τῶν ὑετῶν φορὰς ἀντέχει. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἡμῖν λελέχθω περὶ τοῦ τὴν ἀνωμαλίαν τῆς γῆς πίστιν οὐκ εἶναι γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς κόσμου.

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Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 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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