# De aeternitate mundi 65

Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, Section 65. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-aeternitate-mundi/65

ὥστ’ οὐδὲν ἐλαττωθεῖσα τῆς παλαιᾶς ἰσχύος καὶ νῦν ἄν, εἴ γε τὸ πρότερον, ἔτικτεν ἀνθρώπους, ὑπὲρ δυοῖν τοῖν ἀναγκαιοτάτοιν, ἑνὸς μὲν τοῦ μὴ λιποτακτεῖν τάξιν οἰκείαν καὶ μάλιστα ἐν σπορᾷ καὶ γενέσει τοῦ χερσαίων ἁπάντων ἀρίστου καὶ ἡγεμόνος ἀνθρώπου, δευτέρου δὲ γυναικῶν ἐπικουρίας, αἳ κύουσαι μὲν βαρυτάτοις ἄχθεσι δέκα που μῆνας πιέζονται, μέλλουσαι δ’ ἀποτίκτειν πολλάκις ὠδῖσιν αὐταῖς ἐναποθνῄσκουσιν.

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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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