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ON THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE OR SUPPLIANTS
I. (1) Having mentioned the Essenes, who in all respects selected for their admiration and for their especial adoption the practical course of life, a
II. (10) But since these men infect not only their fellow countrymen, but also all that come near them with folly, let them remain uncovered, being mu
III. (21) Now this class of persons may be met with in many places, for it was fitting that both Greece and the country of the barbarians should parta
IV. (34) And these expounders of the law, having first of all laid down temperance as a sort of foundation for the soul to rest upon, proceed to build
V. (40) I wish also to speak of their common assemblies, and their very cheerful meetings at convivial parties, setting them in opposition and contras
VI. (48) And perhaps some people may be inclined to approve of the arrangement of such entertainments which at present prevails everywhere, from an ad
VII. (57) Now of the banquets among the Greeks the two most celebrated and most remarkable are those at which Socrates also was present, the one in th
VIII. (64) But since the entertainments of the greatest celebrity are full of such trifling and folly, bearing conviction in themselves, if any one sh
IX. (69) And the order in which they sit down to meat is a divided one, the men sitting on the right hand and the women apart from them on the left a
X. (75) These, then, are the first circumstances of the feast but after the guests have sat down to the table in the order which I have been describi
XI. (83) And after the feast they celebrate the sacred festival during the whole night and this nocturnal festival is celebrated in the following man
