# De agricultura 125

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 125. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/125

πρὸς δὲ τὰ ἀκόλουθα καιρὸς ἤδη τρέπεσθαι. τὸν οὖν ἐφιέμενον ἀρετῆς οὐ παντελῆ κεκτημένον τὴν γεωργικῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιστήμην εἰσάγει, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ μόνον περὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς αὐτῆς πεπονημένον· λέγει γάρ· „ἤρξατο Νῶε ἄνθρωπος εἶναι γεωργός“. ἀρχὴ δ’, ὁ τῶν παλαιῶν λόγος, ἥμισυ τοῦ παντός, ὡς ἂν ἡμίσει πρὸς τὸ τέλος ἀφεστηκυῖα, οὗ μὴ προσγενομένου καὶ τὸ ἄρξασθαι πολλάκις μεγάλα πολλοὺς ἔβλαψεν.

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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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