# De agricultura 35

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/35

ἐπεὶ πόθεν ἄλλοθεν τὰ πανταχοῦ τῆς οἰκουμένης θέατρα νομίζομεν ἀμυθήτων μυριάδων ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν πληροῦσθαι; οἱ γὰρ ἀκουσμάτων καὶ θεαμάτων ἥττους καὶ ὦτα καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς χωρὶς ἡνιῶν ἐάσαντες φέρεσθαι καὶ κιθαριστὰς καὶ κιθαρῳδοὺς καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κεκλασμένην καὶ ἄνανδρον μουσικὴν περιέποντες, ἔτι δὲ ὀρχηστὰς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους μίμους ἀποδεχόμενοι, ὅτι σχέσεις καὶ κινήσεις ἐκτεθηλυμμένας ἴσχονται καὶ κινοῦνται, τὸν ἐπὶ σκηνῆς ἀεὶ πόλεμον συγκροτοῦσι μήτε τῆς τῶν ἰδίων μήτε τῆς τῶν κοινῶν ἐπανορθώσεως πεφροντικότες, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἑαυτῶν οἱ δυστυχεῖς διά τε ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ ὤτων ἀνατρέποντες βίον.

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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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