# De decalogo 71

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 71. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/71

καὶ οἱ μὲν τεχνῖται πολλάκις ἄποροι καὶ ἄδοξοι κατεγήρασαν ἀτυχίαις ἐπαλλήλοις ἐναποθανόντες, τὰ δὲ τεχνιτευθέντα πορφύρᾳ καὶ χρυσῷ καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις πολυτελείαις, ἃς πλοῦτος χορηγεῖ, σεμνοποιεῖται καὶ θεραπεύεται, οὐ πρὸς ἐλευθέρων μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ εὐπατριδῶν καὶ τὸ σῶμα καλλίστων· ἱερέων γὰρ καὶ τὸ γένος ἐξετάζεται μετὰ πάσης ἀκριβείας, εἰ ἀνεπίληπτον, καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τῶν τοῦ σώματος μερῶν, εἰ σύμπασα ὁλόκληρος.

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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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