# De decalogo 86

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 86. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/86

τὸ γὰρ πρᾶγμα οὐ μικρόν, εἰ καὶ τῷ ἔθει καταφρονεῖται. μαρτυρία γάρ ἐστι θεοῦ περὶ πραγμάτων ἀμφισβητουμένων ὅρκος· μάρτυρα δὲ καλεῖν ἐπὶ ψεύδει θεὸν ἀνοσιώτατον. ἴθι γάρ, εἰ βούλει, τῷ λόγῳ διάκυψον εἰς τὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος ὀμνύναι διάνοιαν ἐπὶ ψεύδει· θεάσῃ γὰρ αὐτὴν οὐκ ἠρεμοῦσαν, ἀλλὰ θορύβου καὶ ταραχῆς μεστήν, κατηγορουμένην καὶ πάσας ὕβρεις καὶ βλασφημίας ὑπομένουσαν.

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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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