# De Posteritate Caini 176

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 176. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/176

πρότερον οὖν αἱ κακαὶ γνῶμαι εἰς ὁμιλίαν οὐκ ἀφίξονται τῷ πατρί, πρὶν ἐπιφορῆσαι τὸν ἀφροσύνης πολὺν ἄκρατον καὶ εἴ τι συνετὸν ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ κατακλύσαι. γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι „ἐπότισαν τὸν πατέρα οἶνον“ (Gen. 19,33)· ὥσθ’ ὁπότε μὴ ποτίζουσιν, ὑπὸ νήφοντος οὐδέποτε δέξονται σπορὰν ἔννομον, ὅταν δ’ ὑποβεβρεγμένος κραιπαλᾷ, κυοφορήσουσι καὶ ἐπιμέμπτοις μὲν ὠδῖσιν, ἐπαράτοις δὲ ταῖς γοναῖς χρήσονται.

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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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