# De agricultura 37

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/37

γαστριμαργίᾳ τοίνυν ἡ ὀπαδὸς ἐκ φύσεως ἀκολουθεῖ συνουσίας ἡδονὴ μανίαν ἔκτοπον καὶ οἶστρον ἀνεπίσχετον καὶ λύτταν ἀργαλεωτάτην ἐπιφέρουσα· ὅταν γὰρ ὑπὸ ὀψοφαγίας καὶ ἀκράτου καὶ πολλῆς μέθης ἄνθρωποι πιεσθῶσιν, οὐκέτι κρατεῖν ἑαυτῶν δύνανται, πρὸς δὲ τὰς ἐρωτικὰς μίξεις ἐπειγόμενοι κωμάζουσι καὶ θυραυλοῦσι, μέχρις ἂν τὸν πολὺν τοῦ πάθους ἀποχετευσάμενοι βρασμὸν ἠρεμῆσαι δυνηθῶσιν.

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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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