# De Posteritate Caini 110

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 110. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/110

καὶ τί δεῖ τὰς τῶν προσώπων ἀμυθήτους ἰδέας καταλέγεσθαι, πρὸς ἃς ὁ λόγος τρεπόμενος ἄλλοτε ἀλλοῖα λαμβάνει σχήματα; καὶ γὰρ αἱ τῶν πραγμάτων ἰδιότητες τυποῦσιν αὐτὸν κατὰ τοὺς ἰδίους χαρακτῆρας· μεγάλα γὰρ καὶ μικρὰ ἢ πολλὰ καὶ ὀλίγα ἢ ἰδιωτικὰ καὶ δημόσια ἢ ἱερὰ καὶ βέβηλα ἢ ἀρχαῖα καὶ νέα οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν ἂν ἑρμηνεύσαι τρόπον, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἑκάστοις ἐφαρμόζοντα τῷ πλήθει καὶ ἀξιώματι καὶ μεγέθει, τοτὲ μὲν ὑψηλὸν αἴρων ἑαυτόν, τοτὲ δ’ ἔμπαλιν συνάγων τε καὶ συστέλλων.

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Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, 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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