Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 54

ed. Paul Wendland

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[54] πάνυ δ’ ἐκδήλως τὸ τὰ ἔθη γυναιξὶ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνδράσιν ἐπιτηδεύεσθαι δοκεῖ μοι παρίστασθαι διὰ τῶν Ῥαχὴλ τῆς μόνα τὰ αἰσθητὰ θαυμαζούσης λόγων· φησὶ γὰρ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα
ἑαυτῆς· „μὴ βαρέως φέρε, κύριε· οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατ’ ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικῶν μοί ἐστιν“ (Gen. 31, 35).

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.) — 54 focus

[54] And the scripture here appears to me to show very plainly, that customs are regarded by men more than by women, as is clear by the words of Rachel, who admires only those things which are perceptible by the outward senses; for she says to her father, "Be not angry, my lord, that I am unable to rise up before thee in thy presence, because the custom of women is upon me." ¹

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