# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 165

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/165

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ βιωφελέστατα τῶν ζῴων ἐστί· κριοὶ μὲν εἰς ἐσθῆτας, τὴν ἀναγκαιοτάτην σκέπην σωμάτων, βόες δὲ εἰς τὸ ἀρόσαι γῆν καὶ προετοιμάσασθαι πρὸς σπόρον καὶ τὸν γενόμενον ἀλοῆσαι καρπὸν εἰς μετουσίαν καὶ ἀπόλαυσιν τροφῆς, αἰγῶν δὲ αἱ τρίχες καὶ δοραὶ συνυφαινόμεναί τε καὶ συρραπτόμεναι φορηταὶ γεγόνασιν ὁδοιπόροις οἰκίαι καὶ μάλιστα τοῖς ἐν στρατείαις, οὓς ἔξω πόλεως ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ τὰ πολλὰ διατρίβειν ἀναγκάζουσιν αἱ χρεῖαι.

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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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