# De decalogo 113

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 113. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/113

οἷς δεόντως ἂν εἴποιμι· τὰ θηρία πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἡμεροῦσθαι δεῖ· καὶ πολλάκις ἔγνων ἡμερωθέντας λέοντας, ἄρκτους, παρδάλεις, οὐ μόνον πρὸς τοὺς τρέφοντας διὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις χάριν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, ἕνεκά μοι δοκῶ τῆς πρὸς ἐκείνους ὁμοιότητος· καλὸν γὰρ ἀεὶ τῷ κρείττονι τὸ χεῖρον ἀκολουθεῖν διὰ βελτιώσεως ἐλπίδα.

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Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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