# De confusione linguarum 17

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/17

καὶ γὰρ ἓν μόνον τῶν εἰρημένων βιαίως ἀντιστατῆσαν ἱκανὸν ἀνατρέψαι καὶ καταβαλεῖν καὶ τὸν λίαν ὑπέρογκόν ἐστιν· ὅταν δὲ ἀθρόα ὥσπερ προστάξει μιᾷ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον ἑνὶ πάντα σωρηδὸν ἐπιθῆται τὰ σώματος, τὰ ψυχῆς, τὰ ἐκτός, τίνα οὐχ ὑπερβάλλει σχετλιότητα; πεσόντων γὰρ δορυφόρων ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸ δορυφορούμενον πίπτειν.

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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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