Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 124

ed. Paul Wendland

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[124] 23 ἔστι δ’ ὅτε καὶ ἀποπειρωμένη τῶν φοιτητῶν, ὡς ἔχουσι προθυμίας καὶ σπουδῆς, οὐχ ὑπαντᾷ μέν, ἐγκαλυψαμένη δὲ τὸ πρόσωπον ὥσπερ Θάμαρ ἐπὶ τριόδου καθέζεται, πόρνης δόξαν παρασχοῦσα τοῖς ὁδῷ βαδίζουσιν (Gen. 38, 14. 15), ἵνα οἱ περιέργως ἔχοντες ἀνακαλύψαντες
ἀναφήνωσι καὶ καταθεάσωνται τὸ ἄψαυστον καὶ ἀμίαντον καὶ παρθένιον ὄντως αἰδοῦς καὶ σωφροσύνης ἐκπρεπέστατον κάλλος.

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.) — 124 focus

But there are times when virtue, as if making experiment of those who come to her as pupils, to see how much eagerness and earnestness they have, does not come forward to meet them, but veiling her face like Tamar, sits down in the public road, giving room to those who are travelling along the road to look upon her as a harlot, in order that those who are over curious on the subject may take off her veil and disclose her features, and may behold the untouched, and unpolluted, and most exquisite, and truly virgin beauty of modesty and chastity.

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