# De confusione linguarum 12

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/12

ἀπειρίᾳ τε διαλέκτων μυρίοι πρὸς τῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων οὐ προϊδόμενοι τὸ μέλλον προκατελήφθησαν, ὡς ἔμπαλιν ἐπιστήμῃ τοὺς ἐπικρεμασθέντας ἴσχυσαν φόβους τε καὶ κινδύνους ἀπώσασθαι· ὥστε λυσιτελὲς μᾶλλον ἢ βλαβερὸν εἶναι τὴν ἐν διαλέκτοις κοινωνίαν, ἐπεὶ καὶ μέχρι νῦν οἱ καθ’ ἑκάστην χώραν, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν αὐτοχθόνων, δι’ οὐδὲν οὕτως ὡς διὰ τὸ ὁμόγλωσσον ἀπαθεῖς κακῶν διατελοῦσι.

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Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, 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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