# De plantatione 163

Philo Judaeus, De plantatione, Section 163. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-plantatione/163

ἀπὸ τούτου γέ τοί φασι τὸ μεθύειν ὠνομάσθαι, ὅτι μετὰ τὸ θύειν ἔθος ἦν τοῖς πρότερον οἰνοῦσθαι. τίσι δὴ μᾶλλον οἰκεῖος ἂν εἴη τῆς τοῦ ἀκράτου χρήσεως ὁ λεχθεὶς τρόπος ἢ σοφοῖς ἀνδράσιν, οἷς καὶ τὸ πρὸ τῆς μέθης ἔργον ἁρμόττει τὸ θύειν;

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Philo Judaeus, De plantatione, 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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