De Cherubim. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.
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De Cherubim (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)
Translations (1)
On the Cherubim; and on the Flaming Sword; and on the First-Born Child of Man, Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 24 focus
[24] and then, having placed each of these stars in its proper orbit, like a driver in a chariot, he did not entrust the reins to any one of them, fearing that some inharmonious sort of management might be the result, but he made them all to depend upon himself, thinking that, by that arrangement, the character of their motion would be rendered most harmonious. For every thing which exists in combination with God is deserving of praise; but every thing which exists without him is faulty.
Notes on the current edition
De Cherubim
1.
1 φλογίνης ῥομφαίας transp. AP, φλογίνης om. UF μήποτ’ AP
2 φορὰν] περιφορὰν UFL2 δι’ om. UF εἰσάγη A, εἰσάγοι P εἰσάγει κίνησιν· UF αἱ γὰρ F, ἡ γὰρ U οὐράνιον G σφέραι F, σφαῖρα U
3 ἔλαχεν UF ταὐτοῦ Mang. : αὐτοῦ codd. δεξιάν U
4 κατὰ MGH
5 μία ἣ] μίαν UFL2 ἣ καὶ] καὶ ἡ Turn. τὴν αὐτὴν UF : αὐτὴν om. ceteri
6 αἱ] ἡ UF ἑπτά om. UF τῶν] τὴν GHcorr. ἐθελουσίαν UF
7 ἴσχουσαι scripsi: ἴσχουσι codd.
9 δ’ UF οἰκεία] ἑκουσία coni. Mang.
10 τῶν] τὸν F 10.
11 ἀστέρων καὶ om. UF
11 μήκει P χρόνου U, χρόνον Γ’ τἀς μὲν ἰσοδρόμους] τὰς δὲ μεσοδρόμους UF
13 ἀνισοδρόμους corr. Turn. : μεσοδρόμους MAPGH, μὴ μεσοδρόμους UF ἀνίσους UF δ’ ἔχοντα] δ’ om. AP, διέχοντα M, δ’ ἐχούσας UF
14 γοῦν UF, οὖν om. M τὸ μὲν] τοῦτο μὲν AP1
15 ἐξωτάτη UF ὁ ἔσχατος scripsi: ὁ om. codd., ἐσχάτη Richter
16 τὰ om. AP1
17 χορεύοντες UF λιπόντες H, λιπόντες ceteri αὐτοὺς πατὴρ transp. UH, αὐτοὺς θεὸς F
18 ἑξαγῆ Mang. : ἐξ ἀρχῆς codd.
19 ἀναλογοῦντας om. G ἑαυτοῖς UF: ἐφ’ οἷς AP, ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς GH, ἐφ’ ἑαυτοὺς M πλανητῶν M
20 καθάπερ] θάτερον AP
1 φλογίνης ῥομφαίας transp. AP, φλογίνης om. UF μήποτ’ AP
2 φορὰν] περιφορὰν UFL2 δι’ om. UF εἰσάγη A, εἰσάγοι P εἰσάγει κίνησιν· UF αἱ γὰρ F, ἡ γὰρ U οὐράνιον G σφέραι F, σφαῖρα U
3 ἔλαχεν UF ταὐτοῦ Mang. : αὐτοῦ codd. δεξιάν U
4 κατὰ MGH
5 μία ἣ] μίαν UFL2 ἣ καὶ] καὶ ἡ Turn. τὴν αὐτὴν UF : αὐτὴν om. ceteri
6 αἱ] ἡ UF ἑπτά om. UF τῶν] τὴν GHcorr. ἐθελουσίαν UF
7 ἴσχουσαι scripsi: ἴσχουσι codd.
9 δ’ UF οἰκεία] ἑκουσία coni. Mang.
10 τῶν] τὸν F 10.
11 ἀστέρων καὶ om. UF
11 μήκει P χρόνου U, χρόνον Γ’ τἀς μὲν ἰσοδρόμους] τὰς δὲ μεσοδρόμους UF
13 ἀνισοδρόμους corr. Turn. : μεσοδρόμους MAPGH, μὴ μεσοδρόμους UF ἀνίσους UF δ’ ἔχοντα] δ’ om. AP, διέχοντα M, δ’ ἐχούσας UF
14 γοῦν UF, οὖν om. M τὸ μὲν] τοῦτο μὲν AP1
15 ἐξωτάτη UF ὁ ἔσχατος scripsi: ὁ om. codd., ἐσχάτη Richter
16 τὰ om. AP1
17 χορεύοντες UF λιπόντες H, λιπόντες ceteri αὐτοὺς πατὴρ transp. UH, αὐτοὺς θεὸς F
18 ἑξαγῆ Mang. : ἐξ ἀρχῆς codd.
19 ἀναλογοῦντας om. G ἑαυτοῖς UF: ἐφ’ οἷς AP, ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς GH, ἐφ’ ἑαυτοὺς M πλανητῶν M
20 καθάπερ] θάτερον AP
2.
2 sqq. cf. Plat. Tim.
36 C (Diog. La. III 68).
2 sqq. cf. Plat. Tim.
36 C (Diog. La. III 68).