# De confusione linguarum 70

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 70. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/70

τὸ γοῦν φιλοσώματον γένος τῶν Αἰγυπτίων οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος, ἀλλ’ „ὑπὸ τὸ ὕδωρ„ φεῦγον, τουτέστιν ὑπὸ τὴν τῶν παθῶν φοράν, εἰσάγεται, καὶ ἐπειδὰν ὑποδράμῃ τὰ πάθη, τινάττεται καὶ κυκᾶται, τὸ μὲν εὐσταθὲς καὶ εἰρηναῖον ἀποβάλλον ἀρετῆς, τὸ δὲ ταραχῶδες ἐπαναιρούμενον κακίας· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „ἐξετίναξε τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους κατὰ μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης φεύγοντας ὑπὸ τὸ ὕδωρ„ (Exod. 14, 27).

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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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