Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 69

ed. Paul Wendland

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[69] ὁ δ’ ἱππεὺς πάλιν, ὅταν ἀνέρχεσθαι μέλλῃ, χαλινὸν ἐντίθησι κἄπειτ’ ἐφαλλόμενος τῆς περιαυχενίου χαίτης ἐνείληπται καὶ φέρεσθαι δοκῶν
αὐτός, εἰ δεῖ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, ἄγει τὸ κομίζον τρόπον κυβερνήτου· καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ἄγεσθαι δοκῶν ὑπὸ νεὼς τῆς κυβερνωμένης ἄγει πρὸς ἀλήθειαν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐφ’ οὓς ἐπείγεται παραπέμπει λιμένας.

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.) — 69 focus

[69] But a horseman, on the other hand, when he is about to mount, takes the bridle in his hand, and then taking hold of the mane on the horse’s neck, he leaps on; and though he appears to be carried by the horse, yet, if one must tell the truth, he in reality guides the animal that carries him, as a pilot guides a ship. For the pilot too, appearing to be carried by the ship which he is managing, does in real truth guide it, and conducts it to whatever harbour he is himself desirous to hasten.

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