# De Posteritate Caini 170

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 170. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/170

Γεννήσας τοίνυν ὁ νοῦς ἀρχὴν σπουδαίας διαθέσεως καὶ ἀρετῆς τινα πρῶτον τρόπον τὸν Σήθ, τὸν ποτισμόν, ἐπινεανιεύεται καλὴν καὶ ὁσίαν νεανιείαν. φησὶ γάρ· „ἐξανέστησέ μοι ὁ θεὸς σπέρμα ἕτερον ἀντὶ Ἄβελ, ὃν ἀπέκτεινε Κάιν“ (Gen. 4,25). ἐξητασμένως γὰρ καὶ περιττῶς εἴρηται τὸ μηδὲν τῶν θείων σπερμάτων χαμαὶ πίπτειν, ἅπαντα δὲ εἰς τὸ ἄνω χωρεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν περιγείων ἐξανιστάμενα.

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg006.local001/.