Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 6

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[6] Σάρα οὖν, ἡ ἄρχουσά μου τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρετή, ἔτικτε μέν, ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐκ ἔτικτε· οὐ γὰρ ἠδυνάμην πω νέος ὢν τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆς παραδέχεσθαι, τὸ φρονεῖν, τὸ δικαιοπραγεῖν, τὸ εὐσεβεῖν, διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν νόθων
παίδων, οὓς ἀπεκύησάν μοι αἱ κεναὶ δόξαι. τροφαὶ γὰρ αἱ τούτων καὶ συνεχεῖς ἐπιμέλειαι καὶ φροντίδες ἄληκτοι τῶν γνησίων καὶ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἀστῶν ὀλιγωρεῖν ἠνάγκασαν.

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.) — 6 focus

[6] Sarah therefore, the virtue which rules over my soul, has brought forth, but, she has not brought forth for me (for I should never as yet have been able, since I am quite young, to receive her offspring); she has brought forth, I say, wisdom, and the doing of just actions, and piety, by reason of the multitude of illegitimate children whom the vain opinions ¹ have brought forth to me. For the education of the offspring, and the constant superintendence and incessant care which they require, have compelled me to neglect the legitimate children, who are really citizens.

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