Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 196

ed. Paul Wendland

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[196] τὸ γὰρ ἐκτραγῳδεῖν καὶ ἐπικομπάζειν τὰ κακὰ διπλοῦν ἁμάρτημα. σχεδὸν δ’ οἱ πολλοὶ πεπόνθασι τοῦτο· λέγουσι μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ τῇ παρθένῳ ἀρετῇ τὰ φίλα καὶ δίκαια, καιρὸν δ’ οὐδένα παριᾶσιν, ἐν ᾧ δυνηθέντες αὐτὴν οὐχ
ὑβριοῦσι καὶ κακώσουσι. ποία γὰρ πόλις οὔκ ἐστι μεστὴ τῶν τὴν ἀειπάρθενον ὑμνούντων ἀρετήν;

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 196 focus

[196] For to use bombastic language, and to boast of one’s evil deeds, is a double sin: and men in general are very prone to this; for they are constantly saying what is pleasing to the ever-virgin virtue, and such things as are just: but they never omit any opportunity of insulting and violating her when they are able. For what city is there which is not full of those who are continually celebrating the praises of virtue?—

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