with modesty and discretion: The noun aidōs can mean “religious awe” (Josephus, Antiquities 6:262; Philo, Legation to Gaius 352), but the context demands that it be translated as that combination of self-respect and sense of shame that is included in the word “modesty” (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 13.55.4; Josephus, Antiquities 2:52). The translation of sōphrosynē is always difficult, for as one of the cardinal virtues its range of applications is so vast. Taking its basic sense as “right
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