Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 116

ed. Paul Wendland

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[116] τούτων μὲν δὴ τῶν ἀγώνων πρὸς ἀλήθειαν
ἱερὸς οὐδείς, κἂν πάντες ἄνθρωποι μαρτυρῶσιν, οὓς ἀνάγκη πρὸς ἑαυτῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν ἁλίσκεσθαι· οἱ γὰρ ταῦτα θαυμάζοντες τοὺς νόμους τοὺς καθ’ ὑβριστῶν καὶ τιμωρίας τὰς ἐπὶ ταῖς αἰκίαις ἔθεσαν καὶ δικαστὰς τοὺς περὶ ἑκάστων διαγνωσομένους ἀπεκλήρωσαν.

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.) — 116 focus

[116] Of all these contests, then, there is not one which is truly sacred; no, not though all the men in the world should combine to bear witness in their favour, but they must be convicted by themselves of bearing false witness if they do so: for they who admire these things have established laws against men who behave with insolent violence, and have affixed punishments to assaults, and have appointed judges to decide on every action of that kind.

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