Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 91

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[91] ἀλλ’ ὅμως κουφότερα ἀδικοῦσιν· ἀθλητὰς γὰρ ἵππους ἀνατρέφοντες τούς τε ἱεροὺς ἀγῶνας καὶ τὰς πανταχῇ πανηγύρεις ἀγομένας φασὶ κοσμεῖν καὶ οὐχ ἡδονῆς μόνον [ἀλλὰ] καὶ τῆς περὶ τὴν θέαν τέρψεως
αἴτιοι γίνεσθαι τοῖς ὁρῶσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς τῶν καλῶν ἀσκήσεώς τε καὶ μελέτης· οἱ γὰρ τὸν τοῦ νικηφορῆσαι πόθον ἐνιδόντες θηρίοις, διὰ τιμῆς ἔρωτα καὶ ζῆλον ἀρετῆς ἀλέκτῳ τινὶ προτροπῇ καὶ προθυμίᾳ χρησάμενοι, πόνους ἡδεῖς ὑποστάντες τῶν οἰκείων καὶ ἐπιβαλλόντων οὐκ ἀφέξονται, πρὶν ἢ ἐπὶ τέλος ἐλθεῖν αὐτῶν.

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.) — 91 focus

[91] But, nevertheless, they err in a lighter degree; for these men who breed horses to contend for the prize, assert that by so doing they are adorning the sacred games and the assemblies, which are held in honour everywhere, and they affirm that they are the causes not only of pleasure to the spectators, and of that kind of delight which arises from beholding the spectacle, but that they also give them an inducement to study and practise praiseworthy pursuits. For they who attribute to animals a desire for victory, using, out of their love of honour and rivalry in excellence, a certain unceasing exhortation, and encouragement, and eagerness, enduring pleasant labours, will never desist from what is suitable and becoming to them, till they attain the end that they desire.

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 91

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