# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 323

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/323

εἶτ’ οὐκ ἐχρῆν καὶ ἡμᾶς ἑπομένους τοῖς ἐκείνης βουλήμασι πάνθ’ ὅσα ἀναγκαῖα καὶ χρήσιμα προτιθέναι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀξίοις ἐπ’ ὠφελείᾳ; νῦν δὲ συμβαίνει πολλάκις τῶν μὲν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν μηδένα μυεῖσθαι, λῃστὰς δ’ ἔστιν ὅτε καὶ καταποντιστὰς καὶ γυναικῶν θιάσους βδελυκτῶν καὶ ἀκολάστων, ἐπειδὰν ἀργύριον παράσχωσι τοῖς τελοῦσι καὶ ἱεροφαντοῦσιν. ὑπερόριοι δὴ πάντες οὗτοι φυγαδευέσθωσαν πόλεως καὶ καταστάσεως, ἐν ᾗ τὸ καλὸν καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια δι’ αὐτὰ τιμᾶται. ταῦτα μὲν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg024.local001/.