# De decalogo 72

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 72. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/72

καὶ οὔπω τοῦτο δεινόν, καίτοι δεινὸν ὄν, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνο παγχάλεπον· ἤδη γάρ τινας οἶδα τῶν πεποιηκότων τοῖς πρὸς ἑαυτῶν γεγονόσιν εὐχομένους τε καὶ θύοντας, οἷς πολὺ βέλτιον ἦν ἑκατέραν τῶν χειρῶν προσκυνεῖν, εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλοιντο δόξαν φιλαυτίας ἐκτρεπόμενοι, σφύρας γοῦν καὶ ἄκμονας καὶ γραφίδας καὶ καρκίνους καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἐργαλεῖα, δι’ ὧν ἐμορφώθησαν αἱ ὗλαι.

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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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