Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 49

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[49] 12 καίτοι γε οὐκ ἄν τις ἐπ’ ἀρχῇ καὶ δυναστείᾳ τοσοῦτον αὔχημά ποτε αὐχήσαι, ὅσον ἐπὶ τῷ ποιμένες εἶναι οἱ ἄνδρες οὗτοι. τοῖς μέντοι δυναμένοις λογίζεσθαι σεμνότερον βασιλείας ἐστὶ τὸ ἔργον, ἰσχῦσαι, καθάπερ πόλεως ἢ χώρας, σώματός τε καὶ αἰσθήσεων καὶ γαστρὸς καὶ τῶν μετὰ γαστέρα
ἡδονῶν καὶ παθῶν τῶν ἄλλων καὶ γλώττης καὶ συνόλως ἅπαντος τοῦ ¹² συγκρίματος εὐτόνως καὶ σφόδρα ἐρρωμένως καὶ πάλιν ἐπιεικῶς ἀφηγήσασθαι· πῇ μὲν γὰρ ἐπανιέναι δεῖ καθάπερ ἡνίοχον τοῖς ὑπεζευγμένοις τὰς ἡνίας, πῇ δὲ ἀντισπᾶν καὶ ἀναχαιτίζειν, ὁπότε πλείων ἡ πρὸς τὰ ἐκτὸς ῥύμη καὶ φορὰ σὺν ἀφηνιασμῷ γίνοιτο.

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 49 focus

And yet no one would ever utter so great a boast in consequence of any power and sovereignty as these men do in respect of their being shepherds; to those indeed who are able to reason correctly, it is a more noble employment than that of a king, to be able to govern the body and the outward senses, and the belly, as one might govern a city or a country, and to restrain the pleasures which have their seat around the belly, and the other passions, and one’s tongue, and, in short, all the different parts of one’s composite nature, with vigour and exceeding power, and again to guide them in the right way with due gentleness; for it is necessary at one time to act like a charioteer who slackens the reins with which he holds the horses which are yoked to his chariot, and at other times one must draw them tight, and resist the haste of the steeds, that no precipitation and impetuous pursuit of outward objects may take place, and lead them into rebellion.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

1.
1 οἱ om. AF Λάβαν om. UF ἀποστάντες ὁδὸν PapUF : ὁδὸν ἀποστάντες ceteri
2 τημελλούση U, τῆ μελλούσῃ Α
3 παραλελυθοτος Pap καὶ ἐνεστῶτος om. Α, ἐξ ἐνεστῶτος F, καὶ μέλλοντος καὶ ἐνεστῶτος transp. U
4 συνεστώς add. Pap UF: ceteri ἑτέραν] ἑκατέραν UFPH1 εγδοχην Pap
5 ὅσαι] ὦσαι Pap τὰ ἄλογα] τὰ ἄλλα MAGU, τἄλλα Pap
6 σφάλματα Pap UF: σφάλματ’ ceteri ταύταις UF
7 ἀπ’ ἀμαθίας F
8 ἑκούσιον G ἀκούσιον Pap UF: ἀκούσιον ὂν ceteri οὐ δύσεργον θεραπείαν transp. F
9 διδασκαλειαν Pap
10 εἰ καὶ μὴ UF, εἰ κω δὴ (?) Pap: δὴ καὶ ceteri
11 πασσοφω Pap
12 καταβοῶσι FL2 σκεδαστῆ Pap UF: διασκεδαστῆ ceteri εὐτυχῶσι Pap
13 βασιλεύειν UF συγκρίτου UF (Pap?): συγκριτικοῦ ceteri
14 ὁμολογήσουσιν UF(Pap?): ὁμολογοῦσιν ceteri
16 γε] γ’ οὖν UF ποτε αὐχήσαι UF: αὐχήσαι ποτέ ceteri, ποτε om. Pap αὐχῆσαι M
18 ἐστιν Pap ἰσχύσαι MHP
19 αἰσθήσεως UF καὶ ante τῶν om. G 19.20 τῶν μέτα γαστέρα ἡδονῶν Pap: ἡδονῶν τῶν μετὰ γαστέρα codd.
20 καὶ ante παθῶν om. Pap

2.
15 sqq. ibid. et ideo ovium pastor indncitur (lacob), eo quod iraperitare corpori et sensibus eius ac voluptatibus ventrisque (votique vulg., corr. Mang.) modum tenere, ne velut ovis vagetur incerta, praestantius aestimatur quam regere populos vel praeesse urbibus.

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