Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 104

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[104] τὰς ἡλικίας ταύτας ἀνέγραψε καὶ Σόλων ὁ τῶν Ἀθηναίων νομοθέτης ἐλεγεῖα ποιήσας τάδε·

Παῖς μὲν ἄνηβος ἐὼν ἔτι νήπιος ἕρκος ὀδόντων

φύσας ἐκβάλλει πρῶτον ἐν ἕπτ’ ἔτεσιν·

τοὺς δ’ ἑτέρους ὅτε δὴ τελέσῃ θεὸς ἕπτ’ ἐνιαυτούς,

ἥβης ἐκφαίνει σήματα γιγνομένης·

τῇ τριτάτῃ δὲ γένειον ἀεξομένων ἔτι γυίων

λαχνοῦται, χροιῆς ἄνθος ἀμειβομένης·

τῇ δὲ τετάρτῃ πᾶς τις ἐν ἑβδομάδ’ ἐστὶν ἄριστος

ἰσχύν, ἥν τ’ ἄνδρες σήματ’ ἔχους’ ἀρετῆς·

πέμπτῃ δ’ ὥριον ἄνδρα γάμου μεμνημένον εἶναι

καὶ παίδων ζητεῖν ἐξοπίσω γενεήν·

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τῇ δ’ ἕκτῃ περὶ πάντα καταρτύεται νόος ἀνδρός,

οὐδ’ ἕρδειν ἔθ’ ὁμῶς ἔργ’ ἀπάλαμνα θέλει·

ἑπτὰ δὲ νοῦν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἐν ἑβδομάσιν μέγ’ ἄριστος

ὀκτώ τ’, ἀμφοτέρων τέσσαρα καὶ δέκ’ ἔτη·

τῇ δ’ ἐνάτῃ ἔτι μὴν δύναται, μαλακώτερα δ’ αὐτοῦ

πρὸς μεγάλην ἀρετὴν γλῶσσά τε καὶ σοφίη·

τὴν δεκάτην δ’ εἴ τις τελέσας κατὰ μέτρον ἵκοιτο,

οὐκ ἂν ἄωρος ἐὼν μοῖραν ἔχοι θανάτου.

De Opificio Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Opificio Mundi (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera que supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

Translations (1)

On the Creation of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 104 focus

[104] And Solon, the Athenian lawgiver, described these different ages in the following elegiac verses:—

In seven years from th’ earliest breath,

The child puts forth his hedge of teeth;

When strengthened by a similar span,

He first displays some signs of man.

As in a third, his limbs increase,

A beard buds o’er his changing face.

When he has passed a fourth such time,

His strength and vigour’s in its prime.

When five times seven years o’er his head

Have passed, the man should think to wed;

At forty two, the wisdom’s clear

To shun vile deeds of folly or fear:

While seven times seven years to sense

Add ready wit and eloquence.

And seven years further skill admit

To raise them to their perfect height.

When nine such periods have passed,

His powers, though milder grown, still last;

When God has granted ten times seven,

The aged man prepares for heaven.

Notes on the current edition

De opificio mundi

1.
1 ἐστίν D 1.
2 δύνασθαι om. DV
2 προεῖναι DK γενέων DK καὶ om. D τετάρτῃ δὲ D, τετάρτη ἡ M
3 δ’ αὖ MDV, δὲ αὖ DK: τε αὖ ceteri post ὥρα add. ἡ ἐπ’ ἄκρον δύναμις M δὲ om DV ἀκμή] ἀρχή D
4 δὲ om. M συναύξησις om. ABP
5 ἐν ἑκατέρα Β ἐννάτην MAP, ἐννέα H, θ΄ F (G) om. DK G.
7 τὸ εὐκταῖον τοῦ βίου Dv
7 ἔτι] ἐπὶ F1G
8 παρερρεῖσθαι H, παρίεσθαι M τὰς ἡλικίας cum παρίεσθαι coniungit M τὰς (37,20) om. P 8.
9 ταῦτα M
12 φύσας ἐν ἕπτ’ ἔτεσι ἐκβάλλει πρῶτον Β ἐν ἕπτ’] ἕπτ’ ἂν Cram. ἑπτὰ Η
13 τελέση FG: τελέσει ceteri
14 ἐκφαίνει] δὴ φαίνει M, δὲ φαίνει Cram. γιγνομένης M: γινομένης ΑΒ Αp., γεινομένης FGH Cram.
15 τρίτῃ Cram. γένεια ΑΒ Ap., γένει Cram. ἔτι Bergk: ἐπὶ codd. γυῶν Μ, γύων ΑΒ
16 λαχνοῦνται ΑΒ
17 πᾶς τις ἐν ἑβδομάδ’ ἐστὶν Brunck: παῖς τις ἐν ἑβδομάδεσσιν FG Cram., παῖς τις ἐν ἑβδομάσιν ΑΒ Ap., παῖς ἐν ἑβδομάδεσσιν H, πᾶσιν ἐβδομάδεσιν M
18 ἥν τ’ Clem. Al.: ἥ τ’ ΜΗF1G1, ἧ τ’ ABF2G2 Cram. Ap., οἶ τ’ L ἀνδρὸς μνήματ’ M ἔχουσιν ABF2 ἀρετᾶς AB Ap.
19 ὥριον] ὥρη AB Ap. μεμνημένον γάμου εἶναι H

2.
9 Solon. frg.
27 Bgk e Philone hauserunt Cod. Paris. 1843 ap. Cram. An. Par. I 46 (Cram.) et Apostolius Prov. XIV
94 (Ap.): ex eodem fonte quo Philo hausit Clemens Alex. Strom. VI 814 P.

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