# De Posteritate Caini 153

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 153. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/153

διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἅμα καὶ τὴν τέχνην ὑφηγητήν. ἐρευνητέον δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν, δι’ ἣν τὸν μὲν παῖδα ἀπὸ τῆς πηγῆς, τὰς δὲ καμήλους ἀπὸ τοῦ φρέατος ποτίζει. μήποτ’ οὖν τὸ μὲν νᾶμα ταὐτόν, * * * ὁ τὰς ἐπιστήμας ἄρδων [ὁ] ἱερὸς λόγος, τὸ δὲ φρέαρ συγγενὲς μνήμης· ἃ γὰρ βύθια ἀπέφηνεν ἤδη, ταῦθ’ ὥσπερ ἐκ φρέατος δι’ ὑπομνήσεως ἄγεται.

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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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