# De Posteritate Caini 134

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 134. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/134

τῶν δ’ ἀρετῶν αἱ μέν εἰσιν αἰεὶ παρθένοι, αἱ δὲ ἐκ γυναικῶν εἰς παρθένους μετέβαλον, ὥσπερ ἡ Σάρρα· „ἐξέλιπε γὰρ γίνεσθαι τὰ γυναικεῖα“ (Gen. 18,11), ὁπότε ἄρχεται τὸ εὔδαιμον γένος κυοφορεῖν, Ἰσαάκ. ἡ δ’ ἀεὶ παρθένος ὑπὸ ἀνδρός, ᾗ φησι, συνόλως οὐ γινώσκεται. θνητῶν γὰρ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν οὐδενὶ τὴν ἀδιάφθορον φύσιν μιαίνειν ἐφεῖται, ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰλικρινῶς εἰδέναι· ἐὰν μέντοι καὶ γνῶναι δυνηθῇ, μισῶν καὶ προβεβλημένος οὐ παύεται.

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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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