# De Cherubim 53

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 53. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/53

Θαυμάσειε δ’ ἄν τις τὸν τῆς ἑρμηνείας τρόπον, ᾧ πολλάκις ἐπὶ πολλῶν ὁ νομοθέτης χρῆται τὸ σύνηθες ἐξαλλάττων. μετὰ γὰρ τοὺς φύντας ἐκ γῆς ἀρχόμενος δηλοῦν τὸν γεννηθέντα πρῶτον ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, περὶ οὗ τὸ παράπαν οὐδὲν εἴρηκεν, ὡς ἤδη πολλάκις τοὔνομα αὐτοῦ προειπὼν ἀλλὰ μὴ νῦν αὐτὸ κατατάττων εἰς τὴν ἐν λόγῳ χρῆσιν, φησὶν ὅτι ἔτεκε τὸν Κάιν. ποῖον, ὦ τεχνῖτα; περὶ οὗ τί μικρὸν ἢ μέγα πάλαι δεδήλωκας;

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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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