# De fuga et inventione 178

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 178. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/178

τὰς δὲ τούτων πίστεις οἱ ἀναγραφέντες δηλοῦσι χρησμοί· τίνες οὖν εἰσιν, ἐπισκεπτέον. ᾄδεταί τις ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς νομοθεσίας μετὰ τὴν κοσμοποιίαν εὐθὺς τοιόσδε· „πηγὴ δὲ ἀνέβαινεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπότιζε πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς“ (Gen. 2, 6).

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Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, 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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