Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 85

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[85] τὰς γοῦν πολυζῴους ἀγέλας προβάτων αἰγῶν βοῶν ἄγει ποιμὴν
αἰπόλος βουκόλος, ἄνθρωποι μηδὲ τοῖς σώμασιν ἐρρωμένοι καὶ σφριγῶντες, ὡς ἕνεκα γοῦν εὐεξίας ἐμποιῆσαι τοῖς ἰδοῦσι κατάπληξιν· καὶ αἱ ¹² τοσαῦται τῶν τοσούτων ἀλκαί τε καὶ δυνάμεις εὐοπλούντων—ἔχουσι γὰρ τὰς ἐκ φύσεως παρασκευὰς αἷς ἀμύνονται—καθάπερ δοῦλοι δεσπότην κατεπτήχασι καὶ τὰ προσταττόμενα δρῶσι· ταῦροι μὲν καταζεύγνυνται πρὸς ἄροτον γῆς καὶ βαθείας αὔλακας ἀνατέμνοντες δι’ ἡμέρας, ἔστι δ’ ὅτε καὶ νυκτός, μακρὸν δόλιχον ἀποτείνουσι γεωπόνου τινὸς ἐφεστῶτος·
κριοὶ δὲ βρίθοντες βαθέσι μαλλοῖς ὑπόποκοι κατὰ τὴν ἔαρος ὥραν ὑπὸ ποιμένος κελευσθέντες ἵστανται μετ’ ἠρεμίας ἢ καὶ ἡσυχῇ κατακλινέντες ἐμπαρέχουσιν ἀποκείρασθαι τὸ ἔριον ἐθιζόμενοι καθάπερ αἱ πόλεις τὸν ἐτήσιον ἀποδιδόναι p. 21 M. δασμὸν τῷ φύσει βασιλεῖ·

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.) — 85 focus

[85] And so the shepherd, and the goatherd, and the cowherd, lead numerous flocks of sheep, and goats, and herds of oxen; men neither vigorous, nor active in their bodies, so as to strike those who behold them with admiration because of their fine appearance; and all the might and power of such numerous and well-armed beasts (for they have means of self-defence given them by nature), yet dread them as slaves do their master, and do all that is commanded them. Bulls are yoked to the plough to till the ground, and cutting deep furrows all day, sometimes even for a long space of time together, while some farmer is managing them. And rams being weighed down with heavy fleeces of wool, in the spring season, at the command of the shepherd, stand quietly, and lying down, without resistance, permit their wool to be shorn off, being accustomed naturally, like cities, to yield a yearly tribute to their sovereign.

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De opificio mundi

1.
2 ἐπὶ] ἔτι P 2.
3 ἀναγκαίως ἔδει Turn.
6 θεασάμενον Α 6.
7 τὰς φύσεις VM: τὴν φύσιν ceteri
7 ἀγριότητα V, ἀγριῶντα M ἐγίγνετο V, ἐγίνοντο ΑP
8 ἀτιθάσους VM: ἀτιθάσσους ceteri λύττας M, αὐγὰς V: λύσσας ceteri 8.
9 δὲ μόνον] δεόμενον V
9 τιθασευόμενα VM: τιθασσευόμενα ceteri
11 καθίστη V: καθίστησι ceteri χερσαίων τὲ καὶ M
12 καὶ om. Β
13 τά om. V ὑφεξελόμενος V
14 ἐπιτυχόντα ABP
15 πληθὺς M ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς V: ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ceteri, ἑνὸς om. M
16 οὔθ’] οὔτε V οὐδὲ σίδηρον M οὔτε τι MBFG: οὔτε τὶ ἄλλο V, οὔτε τινὶ H, τι om. ΑP
17 δὲ MABP αὐτῶ μόνον FG, αὑτῶ μόνην M ἔχοντα ABP
18 διασημεῖναι V ἐν] εἰ VM εἰ om. VM (ante κάμοι) κάμῃ M 18.
19 στηρίζεσθαι MH
19 τῶν προβάτων H
21 ἕνεκεν F ἰδοῦσι] ὁδοῦσι H καὶ αἱ] κἄν M

2.
3 sqq. Gregor. Nyss. de hom. opif. cap.
2 . . . οὐδὲ γὰρ ἦν εἰκὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα πρὸ τῶν ἀρχομένων ἀναφανῆναι, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς πρότερον ἑτοιμασθείσης ἀκόλουθον ἦν ἀναδειχθῆναι τὸν βασιλεύοντα, ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν οἷόν τινα βασίλειον καταγωγὴν τῷ μέλλοντι βασιλεύειν ὁ τοῦ παντὸς ποιητὴς προηυτρέπισεν . . . διὰ ταῦτα τελευταῖος μετὰ τὴν κτίσιν εἰσήχθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος, οὐχ ὡς ἀπόβλητος ἐν ἐσχάτοις ἀπορριφείς, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἅμα τῇ γενέσει βασιλεὺς εἶναι τῶν ὑποχειρίων προσήκων.

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