# De Posteritate Caini 181

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 181. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/181

οὐκοῦν εἴποιμ’ ἂν αὐτῷ· εἰ τὸ ἴδιον πορίζεις λυσιτελές, πάνθ’ ὅσα ἄριστα καταλύσεις, ἐὰν μηδὲν ἐξ αὐτῶν ὠφεληθῇς, τιμὰς γονέων, ἐπιμέλειαν γυναικός, παίδων ἀγωγάς, χρήσεις ἀμέμπτους οἰκετῶν, ἐπιτροπὴν οἰκίας, πόλεως προστασίαν, βεβαίωσιν νόμων, φυλακὴν ἐθῶν, τὴν πρὸς πρεσβυτέρους αἰδῶ, τὴν πρὸς τοὺς τετελευτηκότας εὐφημίαν, τὴν πρὸς τοὺς ζῶντας κοινωνίαν, τὴν πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις εὐσέβειαν; ἀνατρέπεις γὰρ καὶ ἐκχεῖς πάντα ταῦτα, σπείρων σεαυτῷ καὶ τιθηνούμενος τὴν γάστριν καὶ ἀκόλαστον καὶ ἀρχὴν κακῶν

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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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