# De Posteritate Caini 172

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 172. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/172

πληθὺν ἕκαστον. τὸν δὲ Σὴθ σπέρμα ἕτερον εἰπὼν ἀναβλαστῆσαι, ὁποτέρου ἕτερον οὐ δεδήλωκε. ἆρά γε τοῦ δολοφονηθέντος Ἄβελ ἢ τοῦ κτείναντος Κάιν; ἀλλὰ μήποτε ἑκατέρου διαφέρει τὸ γέννημα, τοῦ μὲν Κάιν ὡς ἐχθρόν — δίψα γὰρ ἀρετῆς αὐτομολούσῃ κακίᾳ πολεμιώτατον —, τοῦ δὲ Ἄβελ ὡς φίλον καὶ συγγενές· ἕτερον γάρ, οὐ μὴν ἀλλότριον, τὸ ἄρτι ἀρχόμενον τοῦ τελείου καὶ τὸ πρὸς γένεσιν τοῦ πρὸς τὸ ἀγένητον.

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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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