# De plantatione 27

Philo Judaeus, De plantatione, Section 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-plantatione/27

ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν τὰ δευτερεῖα τῆς ἀνακλήσεως, Μωυσῆς δὲ ὁ πάνσοφος οἴσεται τὰ πρωτεῖα· ἐκεῖνος μὲν γὰρ τὰς σκιὰς πλάττει καθάπερ οἱ ζωγραφοῦντες οἷς οὐ θέμις οὐδὲν ἔμψυχον δημιουργῆσαι — Βεσελεὴλ γὰρ ἐν σκιαῖς ποιῶν ἑρμηνεύεται —, Μωυσῆς δὲ οὐ σκιὰς ἀλλὰ τὰς ἀρχετύπους φύσεις αὐτὰς τῶν πραγμάτων ἔλαχεν ἀνατυποῦν. ἄλλως τε καὶ τὸ αἴτιον οἷς μὲν τηλαυγέστερον καὶ ἀριδηλότερον ὡς ἂν ἐν ἡλίῳ καθαρῷ, οἷς δὲ ἀμυδρότερον ὡς ἂν ἐν σκιᾷ τὰ οἰκεῖα εἴωθεν ἐπιδείκνυσθαι.

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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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