# De gigantibus 65

Philo Judaeus, De gigantibus, Section 65. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-gigantibus/65

ἐπὶ μηδέτερα ἀποκλίνων καὶ ἐκτρεπόμενος. οἱ δὲ γῆς παῖδες τὸν νοῦν ἐκβιβάσαντες τοῦ λογίζεσθαι καὶ μεταλλοιώσαντες εἰς τὴν ἄψυχον καὶ ἀκίνητον σαρκῶν φύσιν — „ἐγένοντο γὰρ οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν", ᾗ φησιν ὁ νομοθέτης (Gen. 2, 24) — τὸ ἄριστον ἐκιβδήλευσαν νόμισμα καὶ τὴν μὲν ἀμείνω καὶ οἰκείαν τάξιν ἔλιπον, πρὸς δὲ τὴν χείρω καὶ ἐναντίαν ηὐτομόλησαν ἄρξαντος τοῦ ἔργου Νεβρώδ·

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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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