# De gigantibus 39

Philo Judaeus, De gigantibus, Section 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-gigantibus/39

ὁ δὲ μετιὼν καὶ κατ’ ἴχνος βαίνειν ἐθέλων αἰσχρᾶς ἀναπίμπλησι δόξης φιλοσοφίαν· οὗ χάριν λέγεται „ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην“. πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἐναργῆ καὶ πρόδηλα τὰ ὀνείδη τῶν λεγόντων μὲν εἶναι σοφῶν, πωλούντων δὲ σοφίαν καὶ ἐπευωνιζόντων, ὥσπερ φασὶ τοὺς ἐν ἀγορᾷ τὰ ὤνια προκηρύττοντας, τοτὲ μὲν μικροῦ λήμματος, τοτὲ δὲ ἡδέος καὶ εὐπαραγώγου λόγου, τοτὲ δὲ ἀβεβαίου ἐλπίδος ἀπὸ μηδενὸς ἠρτημένης ἐχυροῦ, ἔστι δ’ ὅτε καὶ

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Philo Judaeus, De gigantibus, 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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