# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 3

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/3

ἑρμηνεύεται γὰρ ἀναφέρων ἐπὶ θεόν. ἀμφοτέρας μὲν οὖν τὰς δόξας ὠδίνει μία ψυχή· ἀνάγκη δὲ αὐτάς, ὅταν ἀποκυηθῶσι, διακριθῆναι· συνοικεῖν γὰρ πολεμίους ἄχρι παντὸς ἀμήχανον. ἕως μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἔτεκεν ἡ ψυχὴ τὸ φιλόθεον δόγμα τὸν Ἄβελ, διῃτᾶτο τὸ φίλαυτον ὁ Κάιν ἐν αὐτῇ· ὁπότε δὲ τὴν πρὸς τὸ αἴτιον ὁμολογίαν ἐγέννησε, τὴν πρὸς τὸν δοκησίσοφον νοῦν ἐξέλιπε.

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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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