Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 128

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[128] τί δ’ ἂν εἴη σκαιότερον ἢ ταῖς περὶ τὴν ἀποκύησιν ὠδῖσιν ἐπιφέρειν ἔξωθεν ἑτέρας ἐκ τῆς παραχρῆμα
τῶν γεννωμένων διαζεύξεως; ἀνάγκη γὰρ σφαδᾴζειν ἀποσπωμένων, διά τινα φυσικὴν μητέρων πρὸς ἔγγονα φιλοστοργίαν, καὶ μάλιστα ὑπὸ τὸν τῆς κυήσεως καιρόν, ἐπειδὴ πηγάζοντες οἱ μαστοὶ σπάνει τοῦ θηλάζοντος, ἀνακοπὴν τῆς ἐπιρροίας λαμβανούσης, σκιρροῦνταί τε καὶ κατατεινόμενοι τῷ βάρει παγέντος εἴσω τοῦ γάλακτος ἀλγηδόσι πιέζονται.

De Virtutibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Virtutibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 128 focus

[128] And why in addition to the pains which the animal bears in parturition, should you also inflict other pains from external causes, by the immediate separation of the mother from her offspring? For it is inevitable that she will resist and be indignant when they are thus parted, by reason of the affection implanted by nature in every mother towards her offspring, and especially at the time of their birth; since at this time the breasts are full of milk-like springs, and then if through want of the child which is to suck them the flow of milk receives a check, they become hardened by being distended by the weight of the milk, and the women themselves are overwhelmed with pain.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 128

ed. Leopold Cohn

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