Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 151

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[151] 53 Ἐπεὶ δ’ οὐδὲν τῶν ἐν γενέσει βέβαιον, τροπὰς δὲ καὶ μεταβολὰς ἀναγκαίως τὰ θνητὰ δέχεται, ἐχρῆν καὶ τὸν πρῶτον ἄνθρωπον ἀπολαῦσαί τινος κακοπραγίας. ἀρχὴ δὲ τῆς ὑπαιτίου ζωῆς αὐτῷ γίνεται γυνή· μέχρι μὲν γὰρ εἷς ἦν, ὡμοιοῦτο κατὰ τὴν μόνωσιν κόσμῳ
¹² καὶ θεῷ καὶ τῆς ἑκατέρου φύσεως ἐναπεμάττετο τῇ ψυχῇ τοὺς χαρακτῆρας, οὐ πάντας ἀλλ’ ὅσους χωρῆσαι δυνατὸν θνητὴν σύστασιν· ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐπλάσθη καὶ γυνή, θεασάμενος ἀδελφὸν εἶδος καὶ συγγενῆ μορφὴν ἠσμένισε τῇ θέᾳ καὶ προσιὼν ἠσπάζετο.

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.) — 151 focus

But since nothing in creation lasts for ever, but all mortal things are liable to inevitable changes and alterations, it was unavoidable that the first man should also undergo some disaster. And the beginning of his life being liable to reproach, was his wife. For, as long as he was single, he resembled, as to his creation, both the world and God; and he represented in his soul the characteristics of the nature of each, I do not mean all of them, but such as a mortal constitution was capable of admitting. But when woman also was created, man perceiving a closely connected figure and a kindred formation to his own, rejoiced at the sight, and approached her and embraced her.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 εὐπρεπὴς καὶ ἡγεμών· προσαγορεύειν δὲ ἑκάστω τῶν ὑπηκόων M 1.
2 ὑπερβαλλούσης M
2 δ’ om. M 3.
4 αὐτοῦ Α, αὐτοῦ ceteri
4 ἀπάντων ἡγεμόνα M: ἡγεμόνα πάντων ceteri
6 ὄντος] γεγονότος Jessen ἔτι] ἔστι G
8 Ἀδάμ M: ἄνθρωπον ceteri
10 ᾔδει] ἤδη Μ
11 post αὐτοκίνητον add. πονητόν M αὐτὸς om. M 12.
13 πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν Mang.: πρός τι M, προσέτι cetcri
13 ἔργων ἀνακαλῶν ABP
14 τὰς om. Η
15 φύσεως] ἕξεως M 1() ἡ νοσήματος om. M
17 ταῖς φαντασίαις Η καὶ Μ: ἢ ceteri 17.
18 ἀκραιφνεστάταις χρώμενος Η
20 οὕτω codd. ὡς ἐπ’ αὐτὸ τὸ πέρας Christophorson Μang.
23 ἀναγκαίως M: om. F, ἀναγκαίας ceteri καὶ om. ABP1
24 αὐτοῦ ABP
25 γὰρ in marg. Α, om. B ὡμοιοῦτο M: ὡμοιοῦτο τῶ ceteri μόνωσιν M: γένεσιν ceteri

2.
13 Basil. in Hexaem. homil. IV
1 . . . ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄρα οὑς ὁ κύριος . . . ἐπὶ τὴν ἐπίδειξιν συνεκάλεσε τῶν οἰκείων ἔργων.

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 151

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