# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 31-2-32

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), 31 to 32. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/31-2

ἣ δ’ ἂν ἀπορφανισθῇ ψυχὴ καὶ γενεᾶς τῆς κατὰ τὴν φρόνησιν καὶ ἐπιγαμίας τῆς κατὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον, χηρεύουσα τῶν καλλίστων καὶ ἔρημος οὖσα σοφίας, ὑπαίτιον ἑλομένη ζωήν, ἔνοχος ἔστω οἷς ἔγνω καθ’ ἑαυτῆς, ἰατρὸν ἁμαρτημάτων οὐκ ἔχουσα οὔθ’ ὡς ἄνδρα συμβιωτὴν οὔθ’ ὡς πατέρα γεννητὴν τὸν κατὰ σοφίαν λόγον. Τῶν δὲ μὴ μόνον τὰς οὐσίας ἢ μέρη τούτων ἀλλὰ καὶ αὑτοὺς ἀνάθημα ποιησαμένων ἐν εὐχαῖς ὥρισε τιμάς, οὐ πρὸς κάλλος ἢ μέγεθος ἤ τι τῶν ὁμοιοτρόπων ἀπιδών, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἀριθμὸν ἴσον, διακρίνας ἄνδρας αὐτὸ μόνον γυναικῶν καὶ νηπίους τελείων.

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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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