Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 159

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[159] Do you not see how they are utterly unaffected by the prizes proposed to them? ¹ They are fat, ² they are stout, they are sleek, they breathe hard; then they take up the actions of impiety, miserable and wretched men that they are, seeking a melancholy reward, being proclaimed and crowned as conquerors by ungodliness. For by reason of the prosperity which was constantly flowing gently towards them, they looked upon themselves as silver or golden gods, after the fashion of adulterated money, forgetting the real and true coinage.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.)

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De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.) — 159 focus

[159] ἢ τὰ προκείμενα ἆθλα οὐχ ὁρᾷς τοῖς ἀνεπιπλήκτοις; λιπῶσιν, εὐρύνονται, πιαίνονται, λαμπρὸν πνέουσιν· εἶτα αἴρονται τὰ ἀσεβείας, οἱ πανάθλιοι
καὶ βαρυδαίμονες, οἰκτρὰ βραβεῖα, ἐπ’ ἀθεότητι κηρυττόμενοι καὶ στεφανούμενοι. διὰ γὰρ τὴν λείως ῥέουσαν εὐτυχίαν ὑπέλαβον ἑαυτοὺς εἶναι τοὺς ὑπαργύρους καὶ ὑποχρύσους θεούς, νομίσματος κεκιβδηλευμένου τὸν τρόπον, τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ καὶ ὄντως ὄντος ἐκλαθόμενοι.

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On the Meeting for the sake of receiving Instructions

1. This is scarcely sense, but the truth probably is that the passage is corrupt. Mangey proposes one or two emendations, but they are not very satisfactory.

2. This is scarcely sense, but the truth probably is that the passage is corrupt. Mangey proposes one or two emendations, but they are not very satisfactory.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 159

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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