# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 54

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 54. Ancient Greek.

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

τῶν δὲ μὴ κατορθούντων ἐν τούτῳ οἱ μὲν διὰ λήθην ὧν εὖ πεπόνθασι μεγάλου κτήματος εὐχαριστίας ἐσφάλησαν, οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ σφοδρᾶς οἰήσεως ἑαυτοὺς τῶν συμβεβηκότων ἀγαθῶν αἰτίους ἐνόμισαν, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὸ ὄντως αἴτιον, τρίτοι δ’ εἰσὶν οἳ τούτων μὲν κουφότερον ἁμάρτημα τῶν δὲ προτέρων βαρύτερον δρῶσιν· ἀναγράφοντες γὰρ αἴτιον τῶν καλῶν τὸν ἡγεμόνα νοῦν φασιν εἰκότως τυχεῖν αὐτῶν, εἶναι γὰρ φρόνιμοι καὶ ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ σώφρονες καὶ δίκαιοι, ὥστε ἄξιοι διὰ ταῦτα καὶ παρὰ θεῷ χαρίτων

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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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