Philo Judaeus, De Vita Contemplativa, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 49

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[49] τρίκλινά τε καὶ πολύκλινα χελώνης ἢ ἐλέφαντος κατεσκευασμένα καὶ τιμαλφεστέρας ὕλης, ὧν τὰ ¹² πλεῖστα λιθοκόλλητα· στρωμναὶ ἁλουργεῖς ἐνυφασμένου χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀνθοβαφεῖς ἕτεραι παντοίων χρωμάτων πρὸς τὸ τῆς ὄψεως ἐπαγωγόν· ἐκπωμάτων πλῆθος ἐκτεταγμένων καθ’ ἕκαστον εἶδος, ῥυτὰ γὰρ καὶ φιάλαι καὶ κύλικες καὶ ἕτερα πολυειδῆ τεχνικώτατα θηρίκλεια καὶ
τορείαις ἐπιστημονικῶν ἀνδρῶν ἠκριβωμένα.

De Vita Contemplativa. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Vita Contemplativa (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Contemplative Life, or on the Virtues of Suppliants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 49 focus

[49] for they use couches called triclinia, and sofas all round the table made of tortoiseshell, and ivory, and other costly materials, most of which are inlaid with precious stones; and coverlets of purple embroidered with gold and silver thread; and others brocaded in flowers of every kind of hue and colour imaginable to allure the sight, and a vast array of drinking cups arrayed according to each separate description; for there are bowls, and vases, and beakers, and goblets, and all kinds of other vessels wrought with the most exquisite skill, their clean cups and others finished with the most elaborate refinement of skilful and ingenious men;

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De vita contemplativa

1.
1 ἐξιᾶσιν F
2 καταπλαστῶν AP: καταπλάστρων ceteri 2.
3 καὶ ἰατρῶν om. H1P, ss. Η2, ἰατρῶν post δικαστῶν add. P
3 ὑπὸ τούτων] ἐξ αὐτῶν HP Arm (Conyb.) ; ἀπὸ τούτων coni. Mang. ἕτεροι] ἔνιοι Arm
4 δοκούντων εἶναι GFG: εἶναι δοκούντων HP Arm (Conyb.), εἶναι om. Α, εἶναι δοκούντων εἶναι M πίνοντες AP
5 ὑπερβεβλύκασι Mang.: ὑποβεβλύκασι CFA (Conyb.), ὑποβεβλήκασι ceteri (v) ; cf. de ebr. § 221 αὐχένα] ἀγκῶνα Η
6 ἐνερευγόμενοι Turn.: ἀνερευγόμενοι codd. (Conyb.) ; ἐνεργόμενοι Mang. (in textu) πιέζοντα C
7 μήτε ἰδόντες] μήτ’ εἰδότες Α Arm (Conyb.) μήτ᾿ ἀκούσαντες Α ἀκούσαντες corr. in ἀκούοντες H, ἀκούοντες L Arm (Conyb.)
8 ἀνδραποδεστάτην F, ἀνδραπωδεστάτην Α οἳ secl. Weudl. et ego ἀκροθώρακες FHP: ἀκροθώρηκες C (Conyb.), ἀκροθόρακες MA, ἀκροθόρικες G
10 συμβόλων A ὑπολαμβάνοντες Α
11 ἀφροσύνης F
13 καὶ τέκνων om, Α
14 γὰρ] δὲ C
15 δὲ Α νυνὶ] ἐπὶ G, om. in lac. M 15.
16 πανταχοῦ τῶν συμποσίων transp. HP (ν)
16 πολυτελείας] πολιτείας F, om. in lac. M
17 ἐπίδειξιν] ἔνδειξιν MA 17.
18 μᾶλλον ἢ πρὸς om. in lac. M
18 εὐωχίαν] εὐεξίαν Arm (?) τε καὶ πολύκλινα om. in lac. M πολύκλινα Arm: περίκλινα codd. (ν) ; πεντάκλινα coni. Mang.
19 τιμαλφεστάτας M ὕλης ὧν τὰ πλεῖστα om. in lac. M

2.
8 ἀκροθώρακες: cf. Erotian. Gloss. Hippocr. p. 76,
8 (Klein). Plut. Symp.
3 p. 656 d. Clem. Alex. Paed. II 2,
22 p. 179 P.
18 sqq. cf. Muson. p. 109 sqq. (Hense). Clem. Alex. Paed. II 3,
35 p. 188 P. cf. Wendland 1. I. p.
27 sqq.

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