# De Posteritate Caini 54

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/54

γίνεσθαι. τοσοῦτον δ’ ἄρα τῆς ἀσεβείας ἐπιβεβήκασιν, ὥστ’ οὐ μόνον δι’ ἑαυτῶν ἐγείρειν τὰς τοιαύτας πόλεις ἀξιοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν φιλάρετον πληθὺν Ἰσραὴλ ἀναγκάζουσιν ἐπιστάτας καὶ διδασκάλους κακῶν ἔργων ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς χειροτονήσαντες. λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι κακωθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιστατῶν τῷ βασιλεῖ τῆς χώρας | τρεῖς πόλεις οἰκοδομοῦσι, Πειθώ, Ῥαμεσσή, Ὤν, ἥ ἐστιν Ἡλίου πόλις (Exod. 1, 11).

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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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