# De agricultura 29

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 29. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/29

καὶ γὰρ εἰ τοῖς θρεμμάτων προεστηκόσιν ἀμφότερα ἐπιφημίζειν ἔθος κτηνοτρόφων καὶ ποιμένων ὀνόματα, ἀλλ’ οὔ γε τῷ τὴν ψυχῆς ἀγέλην ἐπιτετραμμένῳ λογισμῷ· φαῦλος μὲν γὰρ ὢν ὁ ἀγελάρχης οὗτος καλεῖται κτηνοτρόφος, ἀγαθὸς δὲ καὶ σπουδαῖος ὀνομάζεται ποιμήν. ὃν δὲ τρόπον, ἐπιδείξομεν αὐτίκα·

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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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