# De Cherubim 52

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/52

τὸν οὖν ἀγένητον καὶ ἄτρεπτον θεὸν ἀθανάτων καὶ παρθένων ἀρετῶν σπείρειν ἰδέας μηδέποτε εἰς γυναικὸς μεταβαλλούσῃ σχῆμα παρθενίᾳ πρεπῶδες. τί οὖν, ὦ ψυχή, δέον ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ παρθενεύεσθαι καὶ ἐπιστήμης περιέχεσθαι, τούτων μὲν ἀποστατεῖς, αἴσθησιν δὲ ἀσπάζῃ τὴν ἐκθηλύνουσάν σε καὶ μιαίνουσαν; τοιγάρτοι γέννημα πάμφυρτον καὶ πανώλεθρον ἀποτέξῃ τὸν ἀδελφοκτόνον καὶ ἐπάρατον Κάιν, κτῆσιν οὐ κτητήν· λέγεται γὰρ ὁ Κάιν κτῆσις.

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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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