# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 129

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 129. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/129

ὡς γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι τῶν πατρίδων ἐλαύνονται, οὕτως καὶ οὗτοι καταλελοίπασι τέκνα, γονεῖς, ἀδελφούς, τὰ οἰκειότατα καὶ φίλτατα, ἵνα ἀντὶ θνητοῦ τὸν ἀθάνατον κλῆρον εὕρωνται· διαφέρουσι δὲ ὅτι ἐκείνοις μὲν ἀβούλητος ἡ φυγὴ δι’ ἔργον ἀκούσιον, τούτοις δὲ ὁ δρασμὸς ἑκούσιος δι’ ἔρωτα τῶν ἀρίστων, καὶ ὅτι τοῖς μὲν οἱ Λευῖται καταφυγή, τοῖς δὲ Λευίταις ὁ πάντων ἡγεμών ἐστιν, ἵν’ οἱ μὲν ἀτελεῖς νόμον ἔχωσι τὸν ἱερὸν λόγον, οὗτοι δὲ τὸν ᾧ ἱερῶνται θεόν.

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Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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