# De Posteritate Caini 49

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/49

Ἑπόμενον δ’ ἂν εἴη σκέψασθαι, τίνος ἕνεκα κτίζων καὶ οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν αὐτὸς οὗτος εἰσάγεται· πλήθει γὰρ ἀνθρώπων μεγέθους δεῖ πόλεως πρὸς οἴκησιν, τρισὶ δὲ τοῖς κατ’ ἐκεῖνον οὖσι τὸν χρόνον ὑπώρειά τις ἢ μικρὸν ἄντρον αὐταρκέστατον ἦν ἐνδιαίτημα. κἀγὼ μὲν εἶπον τρισί, τὸ δ’ εἰκὸς ἑνὶ μόνῳ ἑαυτῷ· οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ γονεῖς τοῦ δολοφονηθέντος τὴν αὐτὴν τῷ κτείναντι πόλιν ὑπέμειναν ἂν οἰκεῖν, μεῖζον ἀνδροφονίας ἄγος ἀδελφοκτονίαν ἐργασαμένῳ.

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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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