# De confusione linguarum 158

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 158. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/158

εἰ δὲ ταῦθ’ οὕτως ἔχει, τοὺς ἀναβαίνειν τολμῶντας ἀνθρώπους οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον ἦν ἐμπεπρῆσθαι κεραυνωθέντας, ἀτελοῦς αὐτοῖς τῆς μεγαλουργηθείσης ἐπινοίας γενομένης; τοῦτ’ ἔοικεν αἰνίττεσθαι διὰ τῶν αὖθις λεγομένων· „ἐπαύσαντο“ γάρ φησιν „οἰκοδομοῦντες τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον“ (Gen. 11,8), οὐ δήπου τελειώσαντες, ἀλλὰ τελεσιουργῆσαι κωλυθέντες διὰ τὴν ἐπιγενομένην σύγχυσιν. οὐ μὴν ἐκπεφεύγασι τὴν τῶν διαπράξεων αἰτίαν οἱ πρὸς τῷ βουλεύσασθαι καὶ ἐγκεχειρηκότες.

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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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