# De agricultura 158

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 158. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/158

αἱ μὲν τοίνυν ἀρχαὶ περὶ μνηστῆρα φιλοῦσι γίνεσθαι—καθάπερ γὰρ ὁ μνώμενος γυναῖκα μέλλων ἐπὰν ἀνὴρ οὐ γεγονὼς ἤδη, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ὁ εὐφυὴς εὐγενῆ μὲν καὶ καθαρὰν ἄξεσθαι παρθένον, παιδείαν, ἐλπίζει, μνᾶται δ’ αὐτίκα—, αἱ δὲ προκοπαὶ περὶ γεωργόν—ὡς γὰρ ἐπιμελὲς τῷ φυτουργῷ τὰ δένδρα αὔξεσθαι, καὶ τῷ φιλομαθεῖ τὰ φρονήσεως θεωρήματα ποιῆσαι μηκίστην λαβεῖν ἐπίδοσιν —, αἱ δὲ τελειότητες περὶ δημιουργίαν οἰκίας τελειουμένης μέν, οὔπω δὲ πῆξιν λαβούσης.

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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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