# De opificio mundi 157

Philo Judaeus, De opificio mundi, Section 157. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-opificio-mundi/157

Ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα οὐ μύθου πλάσματα, οἷς τὸ ποιητικὸν καὶ σοφιστικὸν χαίρει γένος, ἀλλὰ δείγματα τύπων ἐπ’ ἀλληγορίαν παρακαλοῦντα κατὰ τὰς δι’ ὑπονοιῶν ἀποδόσεις. ἑπόμενος δέ τις εἰκότι στοχασμῷ φήσει προσηκόντως τὸν εἰρημένον ὄφιν ἡδονῆς εἶναι σύμβολον, ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ζῷον ἄπουν ἐστὶ καὶ πρηνὲς πεπτωκὸς ἐπὶ γαστέρα, δεύτερον δ’ ὅτι γῆς βώλοις σιτίῳ χρῆται, τρίτον δ’ ὅτι τὸν ἰὸν ἐπιφέρεται τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν, ᾧ τοὺς δηχθέντας ἀναιρεῖν πέφυκεν.

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Philo Judaeus, De opificio mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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