Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 88

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[88] μάρτυρες δ’ ἡνίοχοι καὶ κυβερνῆται· οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὑστερίζοντες τῶν ὑποζυγίων καὶ κατόπιν αὐτῶν
ἐξεταζόμενοι ᾗ ἂν ἐθέλωσιν αὐτὰ ἄγουσι τῶν ἡνιῶν ἐνειλημμένοι καὶ τοτὲ μὲν ἐφιέντες πρὸς ὀξὺν δρόμον τοτὲ δ’ ἀναχαιτίζοντες, εἰ φορᾷ τοῦ ¹ δέοντος πλείονι θέοι· οἱ δ’ αὖ κυβερνῆται πρὸς τὸ τῆς νεὼς ἔσχατον χωρίον πρύμναν παρελθόντες πάντων ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν εἰσιν ἄριστοι τῶν ἐμπλεόντων, ἅτε τῆς νεὼς καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ τὴν σωτηρίαν ἐν χερσὶ ταῖς αὑτῶν ἔχοντες. ἡνίοχον δή τινα καὶ κυβερνήτην ἐφ’ ἅπασιν ὁ
ποιητὴς ἐδημιούργει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα ἡνιοχῇ καὶ κυβερνᾷ τὰ περίγεια ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν λαβὼν τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν οἷά τις ὕπαρχος τοῦ πρώτου καὶ μεγάλου βασιλέως.

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.) — 88 focus

[88] for the charioteers sit behind their beasts of burden, and are placed at, their backs, and yet when they have the reins in their hands, they guide them wherever they choose, and at one time they urge them on to a swift pace, and at another time they hold them back, if they are going on at a speed greater than is desirable. And pilots again, sitting in the hindmost part of the ship, that is the stern are, as one may say, the most important of all the people in the ship, inasmuch as they have the safety of the ship and of all those who are in it, in their hands. And so the Creator has made man to be as it were a charioteer and pilot over all other animals, in order that he may hold the reins and direct the course of every thing upon earth, having the superintendence of all animals and plants, as a sort of viceroy of the principal and mighty King.

Notes on the current edition

De opificio mundi

1.
1 ἀλκαί τε om. F
2 δεσπότας ABP
3 δρῶσιν V ταῦροι] βόες Cbristophorson (Mang.) μὲν γὰρ M
4 ἄροτον Markland (Mang.): ἄροτρον codd. ἀνα ἀνατεμόντες F, κατατέμνοντες Α, κατατέμνοντες P, ἀνατέμνονται Η δι’ ἡμέρας] νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας M ἔστιν V
5 καὶ νυκτὸς addidi μακρὸν] πόνον M δολιχὸν VM
6 Κρεῖοί V βρείθοντες V μαλοῖς MH ὑπόποκοι] καὶ πόκοις M
7 ἢ καὶ VFG: ἢ om. ceteri κατακλινέντες VFG: κατακλίνοντες MH, κατακλιθέντες ABP
8 ἀποκείρεσθαι H ἔριον] ἔργον ABP1 ἐθιζόμεναι H εἰς αἱ πόλεις] αἰπόλοις G
9 τῶ φύσει βασιλεῖ VM: τῶ βασιλεῖ φύσει ceteri
10 ἄγεται seclusi χαλιναγωγηθείς VM: χαλινωθείς ceteri
12 θεῖ] σεῖ V
13 γίνεσθαι om. MABP (fort. recte) διακομίζει M δ’ V: δὲ ceteri
14 ἐφειδρυμένος V
15 ἀνύττει V: ἀνύει M, ἐξανύτει G, ἐξανύττει ABP, ἐξανύει FH ἔχη H, ἔχοι L ἕτερα λέγειν ABP 16.
17 ὑφεξηρημένον V
18 ἐκεῖν’ ABP ὕστατος M, ὕστερον Β
19 post ἄνθρωπος add. τῆς τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεως M
20 γὰρ om. V ὑστερίζονται H
21 ᾖ ἄν] ἡ ἐὰν V, ἐὰν (om. ᾗ) M θέλωσιν MABPG ἄγουσιν V ἡνίων VM εἰλημμένοι H
22 ἀναχετίζοντες VABP εἰ]ὡς μὴ M εἰσφορὰ Β, εἰ(??)φορᾶ

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 88

ed. Leopold Cohn

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