# De agricultura 121

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 121. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/121

θαυμασιώτατος δὲ καὶ τούτων ὁ διενεγκών, ᾧ καὶ τὰ πρῶτα τῶν ἄθλων οὐ φθονητέον λαμβάνοντι. οἳ δὲ κἂν δευτερείων ἢ τρίτων ἀξιωθῶσι, μὴ κατηφείτωσαν· καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα ἐπ’ ἀρετῆς κτήσει προτίθεται, τοῖς δὲ μὴ τῶν ἄκρων ἐφικέσθαι δυναμένοις ἡ τῶν μέσων κτῆσις ὠφέλιμος, λέγεται δὲ ὅτι καὶ βεβαιοτέρα τὸν ἐμφυόμενον ἀεὶ τοῖς ὑπερέχουσιν ἐκφεύγουσα φθόνον.

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Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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