# De confusione linguarum 155

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 155. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/155

οὐκ ἐπειδὴ μέντοι μόνον ἤρξαντο πρὸς τὸ τέλος ἐλθεῖν ἀδυνατήσαντες ἀσεβείας, διὰ τοῦτ’ αὐτοὺς οὐχ ὡς διαπραξαμένους ἕκαστα ὧν διενοήθησαν αἰτιατέον· οὗ χάριν καὶ τετελειωκέναι φησὶ τὸν πύργον αὐτοὺς οὐ τελειώσαντας, ἐπειδὰν λέγῃ· „κύριος κατέβη ἰδεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον", οὐχ ὃν οἰκοδομῆσαι μέλλουσιν, ἀλλ’ ὃν „ᾠκοδόμησαν“ ἤδη (Gen. 11,5).

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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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