# De fuga et inventione 34

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/34

τοὺς δ’ ἀκριβεστέρους ἀπατᾶν οὐ δύνανται διακύπτοντας εἴσω καὶ μὴ τοῖς ἐν ἐμφανεῖ παραγομένους. ταῦτα γὰρ προκαλύμματα ὄντα ἑτέρων ἀναστείλαντες, τὰ ἐναποκείμενα ἔνδον, ὁποῖα ἄττα τὴν φύσιν ἐστίν, ἐθεάσαντο καί, εἰ μὲν εἴη καλά, ἐθαύμασαν, εἰ δὲ αἰσχρά, ἐχλεύασαν καὶ τῆς ὑποκρίσεως ἐμίσησαν.

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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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