# De decalogo 76

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 76. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/76

ποτε τὰς φύσεις ἀπεύξαιντ’ ἂν γενέσθαι. μηδεὶς οὖν τῶν ἐχόντων ψυχὴν ἀψύχῳ τινὶ προσκυνείτω· πάνυ γὰρ τῶν ἀτόπων ἐστὶ τὰ φύσεως ἔργα πρὸς θεραπείαν τετράφθαι τῶν χειροκμήτων. Αἰγυπτίοις δ’ οὐ μόνον τὸ κοινὸν ἔγκλημα χώρας ἁπάσης, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕτερον ἐξαίρετον ἐπάγεται δεόντως· πρὸς γὰρ ξοάνοις καὶ ἀγάλμασιν ἔτι καὶ ζῷα ἄλογα παραγηόχασιν εἰς θεῶν τιμάς, ταύρους καὶ κριοὺς καὶ τράγους, ἐφ’ ἑκάστῳ μυθικόν τι πλάσμα τετερατευμένοι.

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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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