# De somniis (lib. i‑ii) 170

Philo Judaeus, De somniis (lib. i‑ii), ΦΙΛΩNΟΣ ΠEΡΙ ΤΟΥ ΘEΟΠEΜΠΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ TΟΥΣ ΟNEΙΡΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-somniis-lib-i-ii/170

ἡνίκα ἡμᾶς διὰ τῆς τῶν παθῶν καὶ ἀδικημάτων ἐρήμης ὁδοῦ, φιλοσοφίας, ἀγαγὼν καὶ ὥσπερ ἔμπορος ἀναβιβάσας τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον ἔστησεν ἐπὶ σκοπῆς καὶ ἐκέλευε περιαθρεῖν τὴν ἅπασαν ἀρετῆς χώραν, εἴτε εὔγειος καὶ βαθεῖα καὶ χλοηφόρος καὶ καρποτόκος ἐστὶ καὶ ἀγαθὴ μὲν καὶ τὰ σπειρόμενα μαθήματα συναυξῆσαι, ἀγαθὴ δὲ τὰ φυτευόμενα καὶ δενδρούμενα δόγματα στελεχῶσαι, εἴτε καὶ τοὐναντίον, καὶ περὶ τῶν ὡσανεὶ πόλεων πράξεων, εἰ εὐερκέσταται καὶ ὀχυρώταται ἢ γυμναὶ καὶ ἀπημφιασμέναι οἷα κύκλων τὸ βέβαιον, καὶ περὶ οἰκητόρων, εἰ πρός τε πλῆθος καὶ πρὸς ἀλκὴν ἐπιδεδώκασιν ἢ δι’ ἀσθένειαν ὀλιγανδροῦσιν ἢ δι’ ὀλιγανδρίαν ἀσθενοῦσιν,

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Philo Judaeus, De somniis (lib. i‑ii), 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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