# De confusione linguarum 49

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/49

ὀργῆς, εἴκων ἡδονῇ, φύλαξ κακῶν, φθορεὺς ἀγαθῶν. ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τῆς ᾀδομένης καὶ θαυμαζομένης εἰρήνης περιμάχητα κειμήλια, ἅπερ ἡ ἑκάστου τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀγαλματοφοροῦσα διάνοια τέθηπε καὶ προσκυνεῖ. ἐφ’ οἷς εἰκότως καὶ πᾶς σοφὸς ἄχθεται, καὶ πρός γε τὴν μητέρα καὶ τιθήνην ἑαυτοῦ, σοφίαν, εἴωθε λέγειν· „ὦ μῆτερ, ἡλίκον με ἔτεκες„, οὐ δυνάμει σώματος, ἀλλὰ τῇ πρὸς τὸ μισοπόνηρον ἀλκῇ, ἄνθρωπον ἀηδίας καὶ μάχης, φύσει μὲν εἰρηνικόν, διὰ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ πολεμικὸν κατὰ τῶν αἰσχυνόντων τὸ περιμάχητον κάλλος εἰρήνης.

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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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