Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 23

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[23] πάροικος γὰρ τῷ μὲν ἐνδιατρίβειν ἀστοῖς, τῷ δὲ μὴ κατοικεῖν ἀλλοδαποῖς ἰσοῦται· καθάπερ, ¹² οἶμαι, καὶ οἱ θετοὶ παῖδες, ᾗ μὲν κληρονομοῦσι τὰ τῶν θεμένων, τοῖς γνησίοις, ᾗ δ’ οὐ γεγέννηνται πρὸς αὐτῶν, τοῖς ὀθνείοις. ὃν δὴ λόγον ἔχει δέσποινα μὲν πρὸς θεραπαινίδα, γυνὴ δὲ ἀστὴ πρὸς παλλακήν, τοῦτον ἕξει τὸν λόγον ἀρετὴ Σάρρα πρὸς παιδείαν Ἄγαρ· ὥστ’ εἰκότως
τοῦ θεωρίαν καὶ ἐπιστήμην ἐζηλωκότος, Ἀβραὰμ ὄνομα, γένοιτ’ ἂν ἡ μὲν ἀρετή, Σάρρα, γυνή, παλλακὴ δὲ Ἄγαρ, ἡ ἐγκύκλιος μουσικὴ πᾶσα.

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

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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.) — 23 focus

[23] For they are sojourners from the fact of their passing their time among citizens; but from the fact of their not being settled inhabitants, they also resemble foreigners. In the same manner, according to my idea, as adopted children, inasmuch as they inherit the property of those who have adopted them, resemble real legitimate children; but inasmuch as they were not begotten by them, they resemble strangers. The same relation, then, that a mistress has to her handmaidens, or a wife, who is a citizen, to a concubine, that same relation has virtue, that is Sarah, to education, that is Hagar. So that very naturally, since the husband, by name Abraham, is one who has an admiration for contemplation and knowledge; virtue, that is Sarah, would be his wife, and Hagar, that is all kinds of encyclical accomplishment, would be his concubine.

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1 νόησον L2 ηὐτρεπίσθαι MAH τροφὰς εὐτρεπίσθαι εὐτρεπεῖσθαι F) GF
2 ἑκάστην GF τελειωτέρας F
4 δυοῖν Η 4.
5 συνίστανται GF
5 μέν] γάρ GF, μὲν γάρ conicio
6 δ’ GF
7 πολυμαθείας G (Mang.): πολυμαθείαις MAF, πολυμαθίαις H
8 ἕτερον G 8.
9 χρήζονται Α
9 προσχεῖν MA, προσέχειν FL2
12 δὲ HGF: γὰρ MA τῶν] τὸν G
13 πλείω F
14 ἐνῆν H2GF: ἄν ἣν MA(H1?) τῆς ψυχῆς L2
15 τῆς om. G ἀγγεῖον HGF: αἴτιον MA
16 Αἴγυπτος H: αἴσθησις ceteri
6 om. G
17 θεραπὶς G
18 post ποῖος add. ἡ τίς GFL2, ποῖός τις conicio
19 πᾶς GF ἰθαγενὴς Α
20 πολίτης AGH1 δ’ GF
21 καὶ τρίτων om. Turn.
23 πάροικοι HL1
24 αὐτοῖς Η μὴ] μόνω G ἀλλοδαπεῖς A, ἀλλοδαπῆς G1 ἰσοῦνται HL1

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6 Clem. Alex. Strom.
1 31 p. 334 P.: ἑρμηνεύει δὲ ὁ Φίλων τὴν μέν Ἄγαρ παροίκησιν.
8 ibid. §
30 Αἴγυπτος δὲ ὁ κόσμος ἀλληγορεῖται.

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