Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 110

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[110] ἆρα ἄξιον τούτοις ἀντιθεῖναι τὰ παλίμφημα Γαΐου λόγια, δι’ ὧν πενίαι καὶ ἀτιμίαι καὶ φυγαὶ καὶ θάνατοι προεμηνύοντο τοῖς πανταχοῦ τῶν ἐν τέλει καὶ δυνατῶν; τίς οὖν κοινωνία πρὸς Ἀπόλλωνα τῷ μηδὲν οἰκεῖον ἢ συγγενὲς ἐπιτετηδευκότι; πεπαύσθω καὶ ὁ ψευδώνυμος
Παιὰν τὸν ἀληθῆ Παιᾶνα μιμούμενος· οὐ γὰρ ὥσπερ τὸ νόμισμα παράκομμα καὶ θεοῦ μορφὴ γίνεται.

Legatio Ad Gaium. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

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Legatio Ad Gaium (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. pera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Virtues and on the Office of Ambassadors. Adressed to Caius First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 110 focus

[110] Is it fitting now to compare with these oracles of Apollo the ill-omened warnings of Caius, by means of which poverty, and dishonour, and banishment, and death were given premature notice of to all those who were in power and authority in any part of the world? What connexion or resemblance was there between him and Apollo, when he never paid any attention to any ties of kindred or friendship? Let him cease, then, this pretended Apollo, from imitating that real healer of mankind, for the form of God is not a thing which is capable of being imitated by an inferior one, as good money is imitated by bad.

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 110

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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