Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 57

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[57] τὸ δὲ μέγεθος τῆς περὶ τὸν ἥλιον δυνάμεως καὶ ἀρχῆς ἐμφανεστάτην πίστιν ἔχει τὴν λεχθεῖσαν ἤδη· εἷς γὰρ ὢν καὶ μόνος ἰδίᾳ καὶ καθ’ ¹ αὑτὸν ἥμισυ τμῆμα τοῦ σύμπαντος χρόνου p. 13 M. κεκλήρωται τὴν ἡμέραν, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι πάντες μετὰ σελήνης θάτερον ὃ κέκληται νύξ· καὶ τοῦ μὲν ἀνατείλαντος αἱ φαντασίαι τῶν τοσούτων ἀστέρων οὐκ ἀμαυροῦνται μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀφανίζονται τῇ τοῦ φέγγους ἀναχύσει, καταδύντος δὲ τὰς ἰδίας
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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.)

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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.) — 57 focus

[57] And the greatness of the power and sovereignty of the sun has its most conspicuous proof in what has been already said: for he, being one and single has been allotted for his own share and by himself one half portion of all time, namely day; and all the other lights in conjunction with the moon have the other portion, which is called night. And when the sun rises all the appearances of such numbers of stars are not only obscured but absolutely disappear from the effusion of his beams; and when he sets then they all assembled together, begin to display their own peculiar brilliancy and their separate qualities.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 παραφοράς F1, ἐπιφοράς Β ταὐτὰ FGH: ταῦτα ceteri καὶ om. M
2 ὁμοίως V τε om. F
3 χορίας V τοῖς VMG1: τῆς ceteri
4 ἄληκτον MABP1 ἐμπαρεῖχε scripsi: παρεῖχεν V, ἐμπαρέχει ceteri
5 ἑτέρα P
6 ἀπληστείαν V εἶχεν V εἶτα ABP προσπεριηργάζετο V
7 δὴ om. ABP1 τούτων θεῶν Wendl.
8 ἔλαβεν F κεινήσεως V αἱ om. VFGH
9 συζητήσεως H
11 εἰδέαν V ἀπιδών om. V ἡ MABP
13 οὓς om. MABP τῶ καθαρωτάτῳ FGH
14 οὐσίας] ἰδέας F2G τὸ οὐρανῶ V, τῶν οὐρανῶν F1, τὸν οὐρανὸν F2 πολλῶν χάριν καὶ ἕνεκα δημιουργιῶν M, π. χ. ἕνεκα δημιουργιῶν ABP
15 σημεῖον G εἶτα καὶ καιρῶν V ἐτησίας MFG, αἰτησίους Β
16 ἡμερῶν νυκτῶν μηνῶν ABP (probat Wendl.) γέγονεν V γέγονε χρόνου H
17 οἶν] τίνα M, ἵνα ABP δὲ MAB παρέχηται ABP παρέχεται post εἰρημένων transp. FG, post ὠφέλειαν H
18 μὲν om. V ἐναργείας Wendl.: ἐνεργείας codd. 20.
21 ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτός F
21 ἐνεδίδου M τῷ om. VMFGH
22 τῶν ἄλλων om. V, ἄλλων om. MABP
23 τε καὶ MABP 24. 19,1 κατ’ αὐτὸν M, καθ’ ἑαυτὸν F

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 57

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