Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 159

ed. Paul Wendland

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[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.

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.) — 159 focus

[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.

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