# De Posteritate Caini 120

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 120. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/120

σκιαγραφίαις γὰρ ἐπιπολαίοις ἐξ ἑαυτῶν διαρρεούσαις ἔοικε. τοῦ δὲ Θοβὲλ ἀδελφὴν εἶναί φησι Νοεμάν (Gen. 4,22), ἧς ἑρμηνεία πιότης· ἀκολουθεῖ γὰρ τοῖς εὐπάθειαν σώματος καὶ ἃς εἶπον ὕλας μεταδιώκουσιν, ὅταν τινὸς ὧν ὀρέγονται λάχωσι, πιαίνεσθαι. τὴν δὲ τοιαύτην πιότητα οὐκ ἰσχύν, ἀλλ’ ἀσθένειαν ἔγωγε τίθεμαι· διδάσκει γὰρ ἀφίστασθαι θεοῦ τιμῆς, ἣ πρώτη καὶ ἀρίστη ψυχῆς ἐστι δύναμις.

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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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