# De congressu eruditionis gratia 158

Philo Judaeus, De congressu eruditionis gratia, Section 158. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-congressu-eruditionis-gratia/158

Διόπερ ἐπιφέρει· „καὶ ἐκάκωσεν αὐτὴν“ (Gen. 16, 6), ἴσον τῷ ἐνουθέτησε καὶ ἐσωφρόνισε. λυσιτελὲς γὰρ σφόδρα τοῖς ἐν ἀδείᾳ καὶ ἐκεχειρίᾳ, καθάπερ ἵπποις ἀφηνιασταῖς, ὀξὺ κέντρον, ἐπεὶ μάστιγι μόλις καὶ ἀγωγῇ δαμασθῆναι καὶ τιθασευθῆναι δύνανται.

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Philo Judaeus, De congressu eruditionis gratia, ed. Paul Wendland. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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