Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 145

ed. Paul Wendland

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[145] διὸ καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὁ νόμος εὐθυβόλῳ προσεῖπεν ὀνόματι Λείαν, ἥτις ἑρμηνευθεῖσα λέγεται κοπιῶσα· τὸν γὰρ τῶν φαύλων βίον ἐπαχθῆ καὶ βαρὺν ὄντα φύσει κοπώδη προσηκόντως
αὕτη νενόμικε καὶ οὐδὲ προσιδεῖν ἀξιοῖ, τὰς ὄψεις πρὸς μόνον τὸ καλὸν ἀποκλίνουσα.

De Migratione Abrahami. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Migration of Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 145 focus

[145] On which account, the law has also, by a very felicitous appellation, called virtue Leah, which name, being interpreted, means "wearied;" for she very naturally thought the life of the wicked heavy and burdensome, and in its own nature wearisome; and did not choose even to look upon it, turning her eyes only on what is beautiful;

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