Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 65

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[65] ὥστ’ οὐδὲν ἐλαττωθεῖσα τῆς παλαιᾶς ἰσχύος καὶ νῦν ἄν, εἴ γε τὸ πρότερον, ἔτικτεν ἀνθρώπους, ὑπὲρ δυοῖν τοῖν ἀναγκαιοτάτοιν, ἑνὸς μὲν τοῦ μὴ λιποτακτεῖν τάξιν οἰκείαν καὶ
μάλιστα ἐν σπορᾷ καὶ γενέσει τοῦ χερσαίων ἁπάντων ἀρίστου καὶ ἡγεμόνος ἀνθρώπου, δευτέρου δὲ γυναικῶν ἐπικουρίας, αἳ κύουσαι μὲν βαρυτάτοις ἄχθεσι δέκα που μῆνας πιέζονται, μέλλουσαι δ’ ἀποτίκτειν πολλάκις ὠδῖσιν αὐταῖς ἐναποθνῄσκουσιν.

De Aeternitate Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

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

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On the Incorruptibility of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 65 focus

[65] So that since it is in no degree deprived of any portion of its former strength, if it had ever done so before, it would be bringing forth men now also, for two most forcible reasons, one in order that it might not quit the classification belonging to it, especially in the sowing and production of that most excellent of all the creatures which dwell upon the earth, the ruler of all, man, and secondly for the sake of giving assistance to women, who after they have conceived are for about ten months weighed down with the most severe pains, and when they are about to bring forth do very often die in the very pains of labour.

Philo Judaeus De Aeternitate Mundi 65

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