# De confusione linguarum 160

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 160. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/160

καὶ ἂν ἐξ ἐνέδρας μέντοι τις ἐπιχειρήσας ἀνελεῖν τινα μὴ δυνηθῇ κτεῖναι, τῇ τῶν ἀνδροφόνων οὐδὲν ἧττον ὕποχος δίκῃ καθέστηκεν, ὡς ὁ γραφεὶς περὶ τούτων δηλοῖ νόμος· „ἐὰν“ γάρ φησι „τὶς ἐπιθῆται τῷ πλησίον ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτὸν δόλῳ καὶ καταφύγῃ, ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λήψῃ αὐτὸν θανατῶσαι„ (Exod. 21,14)· καίτοι ἐπιτίθεται μόνον, οὐκ ἀνῄρηκεν, ἀλλ’ ἴσον ἡγήσατο ἀδίκημα τῷ κτεῖναι τὸ βουλεῦσαι τὸν φόνον· οὗ χάριν οὐδ’ ἱκέτῃ γενομένῳ δέδωκεν ἀμνηστίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἱεροῦ ἐκέλευσεν ἀπάγειν τὸν ἀνιέρῳ γνώμῃ χρησάμενον.

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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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