# De abstinentia 21

Porphyrius, De abstinentia, ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/de-abstinentia/21

εἰ δʼ ἅπαξ ἀδικίαν τις ταύτην ἡγεῖται, μήτε γάλακτι χρήσθω μήτʼ ἐρίῳ μήτε ὠοῖς, μήτε μέλιτι. ὡς γὰρ ἄνθρωπον ἀδικεῖς ἀφαιρούμενος τὴν ἐσθῆτα, οὕτως καὶ τὴν ὄιν πέξας· ἐσθὴς γὰρ αὕτη τοῦ προβάτου· καὶ τὸ γάλα οὐ σοὶ γέγονεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀποκυηθεῖσι τέκνοις· ἥ τε μέλισσα ταύτην αὑτῇ τρο- φὴν συνελέξατο, ἣν ἀφελόμενος ἡδονὴν σαυτῷ κατε- σκεύασας. καὶ τὸν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων λόγον σεσίγηκα, ὅτι καὶ τῶν φυτῶν ἀδικοῦμεν ἁπτόμενοι. εἰ δὲ ταῦθʼ ἡμῶν χάριν γέγονεν, καὶ ἡ μέλισσα ἡμῖν δουλεύουσα τὸ μέλι ἐργάζεται καὶ τὸ ἔριον ἐπιφύεται τῶν προβά- των, ὅ ἡμῖν κόσμος καὶ ἀλέα.

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Porphyrius, De abstinentia, ed. August Nauck. 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/tlg2034.tlg003.local001/.