# De decalogo 66

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 66. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/66

ἀλλ’ ὅσοι μὲν ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ τοῦ σύμπαντος οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ κόσμου καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὁλοσχερεστάτων μερῶν ὡς θεῶν πρόπολοί τε καὶ θεραπευταί, διαμαρτάνουσι μὲν — πῶς γὰρ οὔ; — τοὺς ὑπηκόους πρὸ τοῦ ἄρχοντος ἀποσεμνύνοντες, ἧττον δὲ τῶν ἄλλων ἀδικοῦσι τῶν ξύλα καὶ λίθους ἄργυρόν τε καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ τὰς παραπλησίους ὕλας μορφωσάντων ὡς φίλον ἑκάστοις, εἶτ’ ἀγαλμάτων καὶ ξοάνων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων χειροκμήτων, ὧν πλαστικὴ καὶ ζωγραφία δημιουργοὶ μεγάλα ἔβλαψαν τὸν βίον τὸν ἀνθρώπινον, καταπλησάντων τὴν οἰκουμένην.

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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/.