Philo Judaeus, De Plantatione, ed. Paul Wendland, 160

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[160] τίνος δὴ χάριν τούτων ἐμνήσθην; ἵν’ ἐπιδείξω, ὅτι καὶ τὸν ἄκρατον
οὐχ ὁμοίως οἱ νῦν τοῖς πάλαι προσφέρονται. νῦν μὲν γὰρ ἄχρι τοῦ σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴν παρεθῆναι πίνουσιν ἀθρόως καὶ ἀπνευστί, χαίνοντες ἔτι καὶ προσεπιφέρειν τοῖς οἰνοχοουμένοις κελεύοντες, κἂν διαμέλλωσιν ἀγανακτοῦντες, ὅτι τὸν θερμὸν λεγόμενον παρ’ αὐτοῖς πότον παραψύχουσι, καὶ τὸ παράκομμα τῶν γυμνικῶν, τὸν παροίνιον
ἀγῶνα, πρὸς τοὺς συνόντας ἐπιδείκνυνται, ἐν ᾧ μεγάλα καὶ καλὰ ἀλλήλους ἀντιδρῶσιν, ὦτα καὶ ῥῖνας καὶ χειρῶν ἄκρους δακτύλους καὶ ὁποῖα δ’ ἂν τύχῃ μέρη τοῦ σώματος ἀπεσθίοντες.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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About the Planting of Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 160 focus

And why do I mention these things? In order to show that the men of the present day do not use wine now as the ancients did. For now they drink eagerly without once taking breath, till the body and soul are both wholly relaxed, and they keep on bidding their cup-bearers to bring more wine, and are angry with them if they delay while they are cooling what is called by them the hot drink; and in a vile imitation of the gymnastic contests, they institute a contest among their fellow revellers as to who can drink most wine, in which they do many glorious things to one another, biting one another’s ears and noses, and the tips of the fingers of their hands, and any other parts of the body they can get at.

Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 160

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