# De Cherubim 43

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/43

εὐαγὲς καὶ ὅσιον παραμετροῦσιν. ἀρκτέον οὖν τῆς τελετῆς ὧδε. ἀνὴρ μὲν γυναικί, ἄνθρωπος δ’ ἄρρην ἀνθρώπῳ θηλείᾳ τὰς ἐπὶ γενέσει παίδων ὁμιλίας ἐπακολουθῶν τῇ φύσει συνέρχεται ποιησόμενος· ἀρεταῖς δὲ πολλὰ καὶ τέλεια τικτούσαις θέμις οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδρὸς ἐπιλαχεῖν θνητοῦ· μὴ δεξάμεναι δὲ παρά τινος ἑτέρου γονήν, ἐξ ἑαυτῶν μόνον οὐδέποτε κυήσουσι.

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Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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