Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 157

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[157] 56 Ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα οὐ μύθου πλάσματα, οἷς τὸ ποιητικὸν
καὶ σοφιστικὸν χαίρει γένος, ἀλλὰ δείγματα τύπων ἐπ’ ἀλληγορίαν ¹ παρακαλοῦντα κατὰ τὰς δι’ ὑπονοιῶν ἀποδόσεις. ἑπόμενος δέ τις εἰκότι στοχασμῷ φήσει προσηκόντως τὸν εἰρημένον ὄφιν ἡδονῆς εἶναι σύμβολον, ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ζῷον ἄπουν ἐστὶ καὶ πρηνὲς πεπτωκὸς ἐπὶ γαστέρα, δεύτερον δ’ ὅτι γῆς βώλοις σιτίῳ χρῆται, τρίτον δ’ ὅτι τὸν
ἰὸν ἐπιφέρεται τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν, ᾧ τοὺς δηχθέντας ἀναιρεῖν πέφυκεν.

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.) — 157 focus

And these things are not mere fabulous inventions, in which the race of poets and sophists delights, but are rather types shadowing forth some allegorical truth, according to some mystical explanation. And any one who follows a reasonable train of conjecture, will say with great propriety, that the aforesaid serpent is the symbol of pleasure, because in the first place he is destitute of feet, and crawls on his belly with his face downwards. In the second place, because he uses lumps of clay for food. Thirdly, because he bears poison in his teeth, by which it is his nature to kill those who are bitten by him.

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De opificio mundi

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2 τοῦ τῶν καλῶν ABP 2.
3 τοῦ καλὸν καὶ πονηρὸν M
3 γνωριστικοῦ Wendl.: ὁριστικοῦ M, γνωστικοῦ ceteri μέσην] μεγίστην P ἣ Α
4 δὲ] οὑν ABP τούτους τοὺς ὅρους MFG: τοὺς ὅρους τούτους ceteri
5 δ’ M ἐπὶ M: πρός ceteri
6 εὐσεβείας δὲ καὶ ὁσιότητος M: ὁσιότητος δὲ καὶ εὐσεβείας ceteri
7 περιγίνεται M: ἐπιγίνεται ceteri προὐβάλετο GH: προὐβάλλετο ceteri
9 πλημμελούσῃ om. F ἐπειδὴ M
11 λέγεται δὲ Β ὄφις seclusi ὁ ὄφις M
12 προσελθὸν scripsi: προσελθεῖν FG, προσελθὼν ceteri
14 πᾶν καλόν M ἀπολαυθῆναι M
15 πρὸς δὲ καὶ ὠφελιμώτατον om. F
16 τε καὶ αὖ ABP, αὖ om. Η
17 post ἀνιδρύτου add. ἔργου M συναινέσαιεν φαγεῖν M
18 καὶ τοῦτ’] κἄπειτα M ἐξαπιναίους M
19 μεταβαλεῖν Markland
20 ἡ] ᾖν Markland ἐπεὶ] εἰ M τὸ τῆς ζωῆς F φυτὸν ἀθανάτου ABP
25 μύθου πλάσματα M: πλάσματα μύθου Η, πλάσμα μύθου FG, πλάσματα μύθων ABP
26 τύπων] τρόπων M, τύπων τρόπον G

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 157

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