Philo Judaeus, De Vita Contemplativa, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 54

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[54] ἑπτὰ γοῦν καὶ πλείους εἰσκομίζονται τράπεζαι, πλήρεις ἁπάντων ὅσα γῆ τε καὶ θάλαττα καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἀὴρ φέρουσιν ἔκλογα πάντα καὶ εὔσαρκα, χερσαίων, ἐνύδρων, ἀεροπόρων, ὧν ἑκάστη διαλλάσσει καὶ ταῖς παρασκευαῖς καὶ ταῖς παραρτύσεσιν.
ὑπὲρ δὲ τοῦ μηδὲν εἶδος ἀπολειφθῆναι τῶν ἐν τῇ φύσει, τελευταῖαι τῶν ἀκροδρύων εἰσκομίζονται γέμουσαι, δίχα τῶν εἰς τοὺς κώμους καὶ τὰς λεγομένας ἐπιδειπνίδας.

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

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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.) — 54 focus

[54] Accordingly, seven tables, and often more, are brought in, full of every kind of delicacy which earth, and sea, and rivers, and air produce, all procured with great pains, and in high condition, composed of terrestrial, and acquatic, and flying creatures, every one of which is different both in its mode of dressing and in its seasoning. And that no description of thing existing in nature may be omitted, at the last dishes are brought in full of fruits, besides those which are kept back for the more luxurious portion of the entertainment, and for what is called the dessert;

Philo Judaeus De Vita Contemplativa 54

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