Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 163

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[163] λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλα παμπληθῆ πρὸς ἔπαινον τοῦ πάθους καὶ ὡς ἔστιν οἰκειότατον καὶ συγγενέστατον ζῴοις· 58 ἀπόχρη δὲ δείγματος ἕνεκα καὶ τὰ νῦν
εἰρημένα, ὧν χάριν ἀνθρωπίνην φωνὴν ἔδοξεν ὁ ὄφις προΐεσθαι. διό μοι ¹² δοκεῖ κἀν τοῖς κατὰ μέρος νόμοις, οὗ περὶ ζῴων ἔγραψεν ἅ τε χρὴ προσφέρεσθαι καὶ τοὐναντίον, ἐπαινέσαι μάλιστα τὸν ὀφιομάχην ἐπικαλούμενον (Lev. 11,22)—ἑρπετὸν δ’ ἐστὶν ἔχον ἀνωτέρω σκέλη τῶν ποδῶν, οἷς ἀπὸ γῆς πέφυκε πηδᾶν καὶ μετέωρον αἴρεσθαι καθάπερ τὸ τῶν ἀκρίδων γένος
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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.) — 163 focus

[163] And many other things are said in the way of praise of this inclination, especially that it is one most peculiar and kindred to all animals.

But what has been already said is sufficient to show what the reasons were on account of which the serpent appears to have uttered a human voice. And it is on this account that Moses appears to me in the particular laws also which he issued in the respect to animals, deciding what were proper to be eaten, and what were not, to have given especial praise to the animal called the serpent fighter. This is a reptile with jointed legs above its feet, by which it is able to leap and to raise itself on high, in the same manner as the tribe of locusts.

Notes on the current edition

De opificio mundi

1.
1 ἐπεισιόντων] ἐπισιτίων M φοράν] ἐπιφοράν H ἡ om. M τὰ πρότερα M: καὶ τά πρότερα ceteri
2 δὲ FG ἀνθρωπίνην ABP προέσθαι FGH
3 ἀγωνισταῖς ABP ἡδονὴ om. FG κέχρηται ABP ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ προστασίαν M: καὶ προστασίαν om. ceteri αὐτοῖς M
4 πάντων τὸ κράτος M: τὸ πάντων κράτος ceteri
5 παράπαν—ἄρρενος (6) om. M
6 σύνοδοι ξεναγὸν ἔχουσιν ἡδονήν FGH: συνέχουσιν ἡδονὴν σύνοδοι ABP, συνόδοις ξένιον ἐχούσαις ἡδονὴν M
7 αἵ τε—συνίστανται] αἰτίαν, σποραῖς καὶ γενέσεσι· διὰ ταύτην συνίστανται M τε post τά om. M 7.
8 γεννώμενα] γενόμενα MH
8 οὐδὲν M πρῶτον] πρότερον Markland πεφυκότα M
9 παρὸ] καθὸ M ἀποκλαίεται H
10 ἀλγῆσαν σαν—περιψύξει] ἀλγήμασιν ὡς εἰκὸς τοῖς περὶ ψῦξιν M εἰκὸς M: ἔοικε ω
11 χορίου M τοῦ om. Β τὴν om. Η ᾦ] οὖ M
12 προελθὼν FH ἐξαπιναίως om. Β
13 κλαύσματα M
14 παρέχει Mang. τε M: τε γάρ ceteri φασί] φησί Η, φύσει coni. Creuzer ἐπ᾿ Μ: ἐπὶ ceteri
15 ἡδονὴ GH 16.
17 ὁ δὲ om. V
17 δ’ ABP θεατὰ ἡ ἀκουστὰ M
18 δύνανται M μεταδιώκει Markland καὶ post δὲ om. ABP1
19 ἄλλα] ἅμα M παμπληθὶ M παμπληθῆ post πάθους transp. Η
20 συγγενέστατον] δικαιότατον Β
21 ὁ om. BPFG

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7 sqq. cf. Epicur. frg. 398 p. 274 Usener

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 163

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