# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) Περὶ θυόντων.-258

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), Περὶ θυόντων. to 258. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD.

Βούλεται τὸν ἀνάγοντα θυσίας ὁ νόμος καθαρὸν εἶναι σῶμα καὶ ψυχήν, ψυχὴν μὲν ἀπό τε τῶν παθῶν καὶ νοσημάτων καὶ ἀρρωστημάτων καὶ κακιῶν τῶν ἔν τε λόγοις καὶ πράξεσι, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ἀφ’ ὧν ἔθος αὐτῷ μιαίνεσθαι. κάθαρσιν δ’ ἐπενόησεν ἑκατέρῳ τὴν προσήκουσαν, ψυχῇ μὲν διὰ τῶν πρὸς τὰς θυσίας εὐτρεπιζομένων ζῴων, σώματι δὲ διὰ λουτρῶν καὶ περιρραντηρίων, περὶ ὧν μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐροῦμεν· ἄξιον γὰρ τῷ κρείττονι καὶ ἡγεμονικωτέρῳ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν, ψυχῇ, καὶ τὰ τῶν λόγων ἀπονεῖμαι πρεσβεῖα. τίς οὖν ἡ ταύτης κάθαρσις;

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Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), ed. Leopold Cohn, 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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