Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 114

ed. Paul Wendland

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[114] τὰ πρωτεῖα· 26 εἰσὶ δ’ οἳ σφόδρα καὶ κραταιότατα σιδήρου
τρόπον ἀκονησάμενοι καὶ στομώσαντες ἑκατέραν τῶν χειρῶν περιάψαντες κεφαλὰς καὶ πρόσωπα τῶν ἀντιπάλων ἀποσκάπτουσι καὶ τἄλλα, ἐπὰν τύχωσι τὰς πληγὰς ἐνεγκόντες, ἀποθραύουσιν, εἶτα βραβείων καὶ στεφάνων τῆς ἀνηλεοῦς ὠμότητος ἕνεκα μεταποιοῦνται.

De Agricultura. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Agricultura (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Tilling of the Earth by Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 114 focus

There are some men, again, who, having armed and strongly fortified both their hands in a most hard and terrible manner, like iron, attack their adversaries, and batter their heads and faces, and the other parts of their bodies, and whenever they are able to plant a blow, they inflict great fractures, and then claim the decision in their favour, and the crown of victory, by means of their merciless cruelty.

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