Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 80

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[80] νυνὶ μὲν γὰρ πάντων ὅσα λέλεκται παρευημερησάντων καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀνέδην ἐκκεχυμένων εἴς τε τὰ πάθη καὶ τὰς ἀκράτορας καὶ ὑπαιτίους ἃς οὐδ’ εἰπεῖν θέμις ὀρέξεις,
ἀπαντᾶται δίκη προσήκουσα τιμωρὸς ἀσεβῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων· ἔστι δ’ ἡ δίκη τὸ τῶν ἀναγκαίων δυσπόριστον· μόλις γὰρ ἀνατέμνοντες τὴν ¹ πεδιάδα καὶ πηγῶν ῥεῖθρα καὶ ποταμῶν ἐποχετεύοντες σπείροντές τε καὶ φυτεύοντες καὶ τὸν γεωπόνων κάματον μεθ’ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτωρ ἀτρύτως ἐκδεχόμενοι δι’ ἔτους συγκομίζουσι τὰ ἐπιτήδεια καὶ ταῦτ’ ἔστιν ὅτε λυπρὰ καὶ οὐ πάνυ διαρκῆ διὰ πολλὰς βλαβέντα αἰτίας· ἢ γὰρ ὄμβρων ἐπαλλήλων φοραὶ κατέσυραν ἢ χαλάζης βάρος ἐπενεχθείσης ἀθρόως
κατέκλασεν ἢ χιὼν περιέψυξεν ἢ βία πνευμάτων ῥίζαις αὐταῖς ἀνέτρεψε·

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.) — 80 focus

[80] But now that all the evils which I have now been mentioning are vigorous, and that men abandon themselves without restraint to their passions, and to those unbridled and guilty inclinations, which it is impious even to mention, justice encounters them as a suitable chastiser of wicked habits; and therefore, as a punishment for wrong doers, the necessaries of life have been made difficult of acquisition. For men ploughing up the plains with difficulty, and bringing streams from rivers, and fountains by channels, and sowing and planting, and submitting indefatigably day and night to the labour of cultivating the ground, provide themselves every year with what is necessary, even that at times being attended with pain; and not very sufficient in quantity, from being injured by many causes. For either a fall of incessant rain has carried away the crops, or the weight of hail which has fallen upon them has crushed them altogether, or snow has chilled them, or the violence of the winds has torn them up by the roots; for water and air cause many alterations, tending to destroy the productiveness of the crops.

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De opificio mundi

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1 κεινίσεις V εἰρμοσμέναι V, ἡρμοσμένας M
2 αἷς ἁπάσαις Mang. (non M): αἷς ἅπασαν VM, οἷς ἅπασι ceteri
3 ἁμαρτάνοι VM: ἁμάρτοι ceteri
4 ἐν addidi αὐτῶν V
5 τὰς εἰκόνας add. VM: om. ceteri τέχνην om. M παρέδωσαν V, παρέδωκαν ABP
6 γεγενῆσθαι] γενέσθαι M, εἶναι H
7 δευτέραν VFG: δεύτερον MABP, δευτέρα Η δ’ V: δὲ ceteri λεκτέον codd.: λεκτέα v
9 μονονοὺ ABPFH, μόνον οὐ καὶ M ἄντικρυς VM: ἀντικρὺ ceteri μιμουμένη G
10 ἄπονον F 10.
11 ἐν ἀφθονωτάτη διαίτη καὶ εὐπορία τῶν ἀναγκαίων Η
11 τουτὶ] τοῦ τῆ V, τοῦτο H
12 σώματος ἡδοναὶ Jessen ψυχῆς VM: ψυχὴν ceteri δυναστεύσωσι ML: δυναστεύωσι ceteri
13 ἐπιστικχίσασαι M, ἐπιτυχήσει P αἱ om. M χρωμάτων V ἡ alterum om. M ἡ ἀρχῆς ἢ χρημάτων Η
14 διάνοιαν om. V
15 μήδ’ M τὰς σπουδαίας M
16 ἀναχετίση V τὸ] τὰ M 16.
17 κακιῶν V: κακῶν ceteri
17 ἐπιθῆται M: ἐπίθηται ceteri μὲν γὰρ] δὲ ABP πάντα FGHP1
18 ὑπερευημερησάντων ἐκχυμένων V εἰς τά τε M
19 ἀκρατεῖς M ὑπαιτίους] ὑπαιτίους] V, ὑπεναντίους M οὐδὲ V
20 ἀπαντᾶται scripsi: ἅπαντα τε V, ἃ πάντα τὲ M, ἀπαντᾶ τέ ceteri post προσήκουσα add. δέξεται M τειμωρὸς V
21 ἡδικητοτῶν ἀναγκαίων δυσπόριστον V: ἡ δίκη τις τῶν ἀναγκαίων τὸ δυσπόριστον M, ἠδικηκότων ἀναγκαῖον (τἀναγκαῖον F) δυσπόριστον FGH, ἠδικηκότων εἰς κόλασιν τὰ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ABP μόγις M τήν τε πεδιάδα M, τὰ πεδία H

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