Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 124

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[124] φησὶ δὲ καὶ Ἱπποκράτης ὁ τῆς φύσεως ἐπιγνώμων ἐν ἑβδομάδι κρατύνεσθαι καὶ τὴν πῆξιν τῆς γονῆς καὶ τὴν ἀνάπλασιν τῆς σαρκός. πάλιν δ’ αὖ γυναιξὶν
ἡ φορὰ τῶν καταμηνίων εἰς ἑπτὰ τὰς πλείστας ἡμέρας χορηγεῖται. καὶ ¹² τὰ κατὰ γαστρὸς βρέφη μησὶν ἑπτὰ τελειογονεῖσθαι πέφυκεν, ὡς παραδοξότατόν τι συμβαίνειν· γίνεται γὰρ τὰ ἑπτάμηνα γόνιμα, τῶν ὀκτωμηνιαίων ὡς ἐπίπαν ζῳογονεῖσθαι μὴ δυναμένων.

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.)

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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.) — 124 focus

[124] Again, in the case of women, the flux called the catamenia, is usually carried on for seven days. Also, children in the womb receive life at the end of seven months, so that a very extraordinary thing happens: for children who are born at the end of the seventh month live, while those who are born at the expiration of the eighth month are altogether incapable of surviving.

Notes on the current edition

De opificio mundi

1.
1 γὰρ om. ABP1
2 λόγου H ἐξιοῦσιν F
4 κρινόμενα] ἐπεισκρινόμενα M
7 μεταβολῆς Β πάσας M
10 τὴν ἀνωτάτω, τὴν κατωτάτω M ἐπ’ om. M
11 καὶ τὴν κατόπιν M ἃς] ἣν M 12.
13 ante ἐκκρίσεις add. γινομένας M
14 ἐκ om. M
15 ὁ ἀποπτυόμενος σίελος M: οἱ ἀποπτυόμενοι σίελοι ceteri
16 ἡ μὲν γὰρ πρόσθεν M
17 ἱδρῶσι ABPFG καὶ scripsi: ἑβδόμη om. codd., καὶ τελευταία coni. Wendl.
18 σπέρματος] σώματος G1 φησὶ—σαρκός (20) praebet M solus, om. ceteri
20 ἀνάπλασιν Wendl.: ἀνάπλησιν M δ’ αὖ M: τὲ αὖ ceteri
21 φορὰ M: καταφορὰ ceteri

2. 5—11 loann. Lyd. de mens II. c.
11 ... καὶ τὸ πᾶν δὲ τοῦτο ἐν ἑπτὰ θεωρεῖται· σώματι, ἐν διαστάσει, ἐν σχήματι, ἐν μεγέθει ἐν χρώματι, ἐν κινήσει, ἐν στάσει, καὶ παρὰ ταῦτα οὐδὲν ἕτερον συμβέβηκε τοῖς ὁρωμένοις — ... ἑπτὰ δὲ καὶ φωνῶν μεταβολαί, ὀξεῖα, βαρεῖα, περισπωμένη, σύμφθογγος (1. δασὺς φθόγγος), ψιλή τε καὶ μακρὰ καὶ βραχεῖ.— . . . καὶ κινήσεις δὲ αἰ πᾶσαι μόναι εἰσὶν ἑπτά, ἥ τε ἄνω, ἥ τε κάτω, ἡ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ ἡ εὐώνυμα, ἡ πρόσω, ἡ κατόπιν, ἡ ἐν κύκλῳ.
19 Hippocr. περὶ ἑβδομάδων §
1 (VIII p. 634 Littré) ... septem dierum in coagulationem seminis humani et inde naturae hominis.

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 124

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