# De agricultura 149

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 149. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/149

(Deut. 20,5—7). διὰ τί γάρ, εἴποιμ’ ἂν, ὦ θαυμασιώτατε, οὐχὶ τούτους μᾶλλον ἑτέρων εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα τοῦ πολέμου κατατάττειν ἀξιοῖς, οἳ γύναια καὶ οἰκίας καὶ ἀμπελῶνας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην κτῆσιν ἀφθονωτάτην περιπεποίηνται; τοὺς γὰρ περὶ τῆς τούτων ἀσφαλείας κινδύνους, καὶ εἰ πάντως εἶεν βαρύτατοι, κουφότατα οἴσουσιν· ἐπεὶ οἷς γε τῶν λεχθέντων οὐδὲν πρόσεστιν, ἅτε μηδὲν ἔχοντες ἀναγκαῖον ἐνέχυρον ὄκνῳ καὶ ῥᾳθυμίᾳ τὰ πολλὰ χρήσονται.

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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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