# De ebrietate 223

Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, Section 223. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-ebrietate/223

ἃ δὲ αἰνίττεται, τοιαῦτ’ ἐστίν· εὐφροσύνης μὲν ἀληθοῦς οὐδὲν ἐμπέφυκε τῇ τοῦ φαύλου ψυχῇ φυτὸν ἅτε οὐχ ὑγιαινούσαις κεχρημένῃ ῥίζαις, ἀλλὰ ἐμπεπρησμέναις καὶ τεφρωθείσαις, ὁπότε ἀνθ’ ὕδατος τὰς κεραυνίους φλόγας θεοῦ τὴν κατὰ ἀσεβῶν καλῶς δικάσαντος δίκην ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀσβέστους ἔνιφεν, ἀκράτορος δὲ ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἐστειρωμένης τὰ καλὰ καὶ πεπηρωμένης πρὸς πάντα τὰ θέας ἄξια, ἣν ἀμπέλῳ παραβέβληκεν, οὐχὶ τῇ καρπῶν ἡμέρων μητρί, ἀλλὰ ἥτις πικρίας καὶ πονηρίας καὶ πανουργίας ὀργῆς τε καὶ θυμοῦ καὶ ἀκραχολωτάτων ἠθῶν οἰστικὴ γέγονε, δάκνουσα τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχεων καὶ ἀσπίδων τρόπον ἰοβόλων καὶ παντελῶς ἀνίατα.

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Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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