# De confusione linguarum 65

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 65. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/65

γάρ φησι „μετεπέμψατό με Βαλάκ, ἐξ ὀρέων ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, λέγων· δεῦρο ἄρασαί μοι ὃν μὴ ἀρᾶται ὁ θεός„ (Num. 23, 7. 8). ἑρμηνεύεται δὲ Βαλὰκ ἄνους, εὐθυβολώτατα· πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἄνοια δεινὴ τὸ ὂν ἐλπίσαι ἀπατᾶσθαι καὶ γνώμην αὐτοῦ τὴν βεβαιοτάτην ἀνθρώπων σοφίσμασι παρατρέπεσθαι;

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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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