# Machabaeorum IV 14.18-20

Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV, 14.18 to 14.20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/septuaginta/machabaeorum-iv/14.18

καὶ τί δεῖ τὴν διὰ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῷων ἐπιδεικνύναι τὴν πρὸς τὰ τέκνα συνπάθειαν; ὅπου γε καὶ μέλισσαι περὶ τὸν τῆς κηρογονίας καιρὸν ἐπαμύνονται τοὺς προσιόντας, καὶ καθάπερ σιδήρῳ τῷ κέντρῳ πλήσσουσι τοὺς προσιόντας τῆ νοσσιᾶ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπαμύνονται ἕως θανάτου. ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ τὴν Ἀβραὰμ ὁμόψυχον τῶν νεανιῶν μητέρα μετεκίνησεν ἡ συμπάθεια τέκνων.

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Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. 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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