Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 42

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[42] ὁπότε οὖν ἢ καταδαρθόντα ἐν συμποσίῳ θεάσαιτο, περιανίστη στοχαζόμενος ἅμα μὲν τοῦ πρέποντος ἅμα δὲ καὶ τῆς ἀσφαλείας — εὐεπιβούλευτον γὰρ ὁ κοιμώμενος —, ἤ τινας ἐκμανῶς ὀρχηστὰς ὁρῶντα ἢ ἔστιν ὅτε συνορχούμενον
ἢ ἐπὶ μίμοις αἰσχρῶν καὶ σκωμμάτων μὴ ὑπομειδιῶντα σεμνότερον ἀλλὰ μειρακιωδέστερον καγχάζοντα ἢ κιθαρῳδῶν ἢ χορῶν τῆς ἐμμελείας ἡττώμενον, ἔστιν ὅπου καὶ συνᾴδοντα, ἔνυττε πλησίον καθεζόμενος ἢ κατακεκλιμένος καὶ ἐπέχειν ἐπειρᾶτο.

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.) — 42 focus

[42] therefore, whenever he saw him sleeping at any entertainment he would go round and awaken him, having, at the same time, a regard for what was becoming and also for his safety, for a man who is asleep is a good object for treachery; and whenever he beheld him looking with an excited eye at any dancers, or even sometimes dancing with them, or not smiling with dignity upon actors of farcical and laughable spectacles, but rather grinning like a boy, or wholly carried away by the tunes of some harp-player or chorus, so as on some occasions even to join in their song, he would, if he was sitting or going near him, give him a nudge, and endeavour to check him.

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 42

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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