Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 66

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[66] οὐκοῦν ἐπειδὰν ὁ ἀγελάρχης νοῦς παραλαβὼν τὴν ψυχῆς ἀγέλην νόμῳ φύσεως διδασκάλῳ χρώμενος εὐτόνως ἀφηγῆται, δόκιμον
αὐτὴν καὶ σφόδρα ἐπαινετὴν ἀπεργάζεται, ὅταν δὲ παρανομίᾳ ῥᾳθύμως καὶ ἀνειμένως προσφερόμενος, ψεκτήν. εἰκότως τοίνυν ὁ μὲν βασιλέως ὄνομα ὑποδύσεται ποιμὴν προσαγορευθείς, ὁ δ’ ὀψαρτυτοῦ τινος ἢ σιτοπόνου κτηνοτρόφος ἐπιφημισθείς, εὐωχίαν καὶ θοίνην ἀδηφαγεῖν θρέμμασιν εἰωθόσιν εὐτρεπιζόμενος.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

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.) — 66 focus

[66] Therefore since the mind, the ruler of the flock, having taken the flock of the soul, using the law of nature as its teacher, governs it consistently and vigorously, rendering it worthy of approbation and great praise; but when it manages it sluggishly and indulgently, with a disregard of law, then it renders it blameable. Very naturally, therefore, the one will assume the name of a king, being addressed as a shepherd, but the other will only have the title of a confectioner, or of a baker, being called a keeper of sheep, supplying the means of feasting and gluttonous eating to cattle accustomed to gorge themselves to satiety.

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 66

ed. Paul Wendland

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Stable identifiers