# De confusione linguarum 142

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 142. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/142

ματαιότητος ἀκοή. ταύτην φαμὲν αἰτίαν εἶναι τοῦ λέγεσθαι „τὸν θεὸν καταβεβηκέναι τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον θεάσασθαι„. οὐ παρέργως δὲ πρόσκειται „ὃν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων„ (Gen. 11,5). ἴσως γὰρ ἄν τις εἴποι τῶν οὐκ εὐαγῶν ἐπιχλευάζων ἅμα· καινὸν ἡμᾶς ἀναδιδάσκει μάθημα ὁ νομοθέτης, ὅτι πύργους καὶ πόλεις οὐχ ἕτεροί τινες, ἀλλὰ παῖδες ἀνθρώπων ἀνοικοδομοῦνται. τίς γὰρ τά γ’ οὕτως ἐμφανῆ καὶ περίοπτα καὶ τῶν λίαν ἐξεστηκότων ἀγνοεῖ;

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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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