Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 220

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[220] 53 ἀλλὰ ¹ γὰρ οὗτοι πάντες ἐδείχθησαν εὐνοῦχοι, σοφίας ἄγονοι· πρὸς ὃν δὲ συμβατηρίους τίθεται σπονδὰς ὁ γαστρὸς βασιλεύς, νοῦς, οἰνοχόος ἦν· φίλοινον γὰρ ὑπερφυῶς τὸ ἀνθρώπων γένος καὶ πρὸς μόνον τοῦτο διαφερόντως ἀκόρεστον, εἴ γε ὕπνου μὲν καὶ ἐδωδῆς καὶ συνουσίας καὶ
τῶν ὁμοίων ἀπλήρωτος οὐδείς, ἀκράτου δὲ σχεδὸν ἅπαντες καὶ μάλισθ’ οἷς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἀσκεῖται·

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Drunkenness First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 220 focus

But all these men have been now spoken of as eunuchs, being utterly barren of wisdom. But the mind, with which the king of the belly makes a treaty and agreement, was the cup-bearer; for by its own nature, the human race is very fond of wine, and this is the sole thing of which it is immeasurably insatiable, since there is no one who is impossible to be satisfied with sleep, and eating, and carnal enjoyments, and things like these; but nearly every one is insatiably fond of wine, and especially those who are occupied with serious business;

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De ebrietate

1.
1 ἐκτετιμημένω F
5 ποτοῦ Η μόνον G οἷς] οἱ GU
8 τίκτει UH
9 ἐπιθυμιῶν Η 10. ταῖς] τοῖς H
12 ἀλλ’ ἀποικαῳ Mang. : ἀλλὰ ἀποικίλων GUF, ἀλλὰ ποικίλω H χρῶνται conicio
13 εἶναι νομ́ζοντες H παρὰ ante πάντα add. FL2
18 τῷ om. L τρόπον Η
20 σιτοπονίω FH
21 ἀναδιδόμενα Η ἀνθίμου (vel ἀνθοσμίου) Mang. : ἀναίμου codd.
22 εὔωδεστά. του UF: ἀωδεστάτου GH
23 εἰς U: καὶ GFH ἐῃ̣τἡδειον Η
24 πότον scripsi: ποτὸν codd.
25 ὄρνις F
26 σκευάσαι H
27 εὐτρωαῖς Mang. e cod. Coll S. Trin.: εὐπρεπεῖς ceteri
28 ἢ] καὶ G συνεχοῦς H: συνεχούτης GUP τῶν GF : τὸν U, τῆς H

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 220

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