# De agricultura 59

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/59

τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον καίτοι τοῦ λεχθέντος οὐ καθ’ ἡδονὴν ἀκούσαντες ἐχεμυθήσουσι περιττὸν ἡγούμενοι τὸ μὴ μαθησομένοις διαφορὰν κτηνοτροφίας καὶ ποιμενικῆς ὑφηγεῖσθαι, αὖθις δὲ ὅταν ὁ περὶ τούτων ἀγὼν ἐνστῇ, διαγωνιοῦνται πάσῃ δυνάμει καί, πρὶν ἀνὰ κράτος ἑλεῖν, οὐκ ἀνήσουσι τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἐλεύθερόν τε καὶ εὐγενὲς καὶ ἡγεμονικὸν τῷ ὄντι ἐπιδειξάμενοι· πυνθανομένου γοῦν τοῦ βασιλέως „τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν;“ ἀποκρίνονται· „ποιμένες ἐσμέν, καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν“ (Gen. 47, 3).

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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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