Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 117

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[117] ὁ μὲν δὴ νοητὸς οἶκος ¹ οὗτος, αἰσθητὸς δ’ ὁ κόσμος ἐστίν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰς αὐλαίας ἐκ τοιούτων συνύφηνεν, ἃ τῶν τεττάρων στοιχείων σύμβολά ἐστιν· ἐκ γὰρ βύσσου καὶ ὑακίνθου καὶ πορφύρας καὶ κοκκίνου δημιουργοῦνται (ibid.), τεττάρων, ὡς ἔφην, ἀριθμῶν. σύμβολον δὲ γῆς μὲν ἡ βύσσος — φύεται γὰρ ἐκ ταύτης —, ἀέρος δὲ ὁ ὑάκινθος — μέλας γὰρ οὗτος φύσει —,
ὕδατος δὲ ἡ πορφύρα — τὸ γὰρ τῆς βαφῆς αἴτιον ἐκ θαλάττης, ἡ ὁμωνυμοῦσα κόγχη —, πυρὸς δὲ τὸ κόκκινον· ἐμφερέστατον γὰρ φλογί.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 117 focus

[117] Accordingly, this is his abode, discernible only by the intellect; but the world is perceptible by the outward senses; since Moses made the curtains of such things as are symbols of the four elements, for they were made of fine flax, and of hyacinthine colour, and of purple, and of scarlet, —four numbers, as I have said before. Now the fine flax is an emblem of the earth, for the flax grows out of the earth; and the hyacinthine colour is a symbol of the air, for it is black by nature; purple ( πορφύρα), again, is a symbol of the water; for the cause of this dye is derived from the sea, being the shell-fish of the same name ( ἡ πορφύρα); and scarlet is a symbol of fire, for it most nearly resembles a flame.

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1 ἀπείρων μὲν οὗν MA(H1): ἀποπειρωμένου (τῶν add. G) GFH2, καὶ ἀπείρων ὅσων conicio τοῦ] τῶν τοῦ G λαμβάνειν F ἀπὸ τῶν ex LXX conicio
2 ἀργύριον MA, quo servato fort. leg. χρυσίον οὐδέ] καὶ GF 2.3 ἤ τινα ἀλλὰ (sic) GF: τινα ἀλλὰ MAH, τιν᾿ ἢ ἄλλο v
3 ἐν om. F πρόρρησιν Α
4 Μωσῆς AFH
6 ἐνθουσιασμοῦ GF
8 μέν δύο H ψέλια MH: ψέλλια AGF
10 μίαν Markland: μὲν codd., μὲν μίαν conicio
11 φύσει Α: φύσιν ceteri ἀκοὴν MA: ἀκοὴ F, ἀκοῆ GΗ 12.
13 διεξέρχεται G
13 χρυσῶν ΗL1
16 κατασκηθεῖσα Mang. 16.
17 σοφίας GF
17 ἑαυτῆς GF, αὑτῆς H2 διδασκαλίῳ F
19 ἀπὸ conicio
21 Μωσῆς GF
22 τοῦ MAF: tw H2 om. G 22.
23 συνῄνεσεν F, ωνηνεσ, lacuna
5 litt., ἱ [τ· 2-4 προιδὼν A(H’)
25 αὐλέας MA ἔχειν ἐρεῖ Mang.

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