# De agricultura 88

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 88. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/88

ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι νῦν ὁ λόγος αὐτῷ περὶ δυνάμεως ἱππικῆς, ἣν συγκροτεῖσθαι πρὸς ἄρχοντος ἐπ’ ἀναιρέσει δυσμενῶν καὶ σωτηρίᾳ φίλων ἀναγκαῖον, ἀλλὰ περὶ τῆς κατὰ ψυχὴν ἀλόγου καὶ ἀμέτρου καὶ ἀπειθοῦς φορᾶς, ἣν ἐπιστομίζειν λυσιτελές, μή ποτε τὸν λαὸν αὐτῆς ἅπαντα εἰς Αἴγυπτον, τὴν τοῦ σώματος χώραν, ἀποστρέψῃ καὶ φιλήδονον καὶ φιλοπαθῆ μᾶλλον ἢ φιλάρετον καὶ φιλόθεον ἀνὰ κράτος ἐργάσηται, ἐπειδὴ τὸν πλῆθος ἵππων παρ’ ἑαυτῷ κτώμενον ἀνάγκη τὴν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὡς αὐτὸς ἔφη, βαδίζειν ὁδόν.

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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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