# De decalogo 117

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 117. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/117

καὶ οἱ μὲν ἀξίω τῆς ἡλικίας ἠρεμοῦντες ἐν ἀφθονίᾳ διατελοῦσι τῇ πάσῃ τρυφῶντες, οἱ δὲ τὰς εἰς τὸν πορισμὸν κακοπαθείας ἐπελαφριζόμενοι τῷ εὐσεβεῖν καὶ τῷ προσδοκᾶν ἐν γήρᾳ τὰ αὐτὰ πείσεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκγόνων ἀναγκαῖον ὄφλημα ἀντεκτίνουσιν, ἐν καιρῷ καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸ καὶ ἀνταποδιδόντες, ὅτ’ οὐδέτεροι τρέφειν αὑτοὺς δύνανται, παῖδες μὲν ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς γενέσεως, γονεῖς δ’ ἐπὶ τελευτῇ τοῦ βίου· ὅθεν αὐτοδιδάκτῳ τῇ φύσει νεοττοτροφηθέντες γηροτροφοῦσι χαίροντες.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg023.local001/.