Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 113

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[113] χρὴ δὲ τὴν διάνοιαν ὡς δι’ ἀναβαθμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ παντὸς ἐπάγειν ἀρχήν. εἰς Δελφοὺς
γεγόνασιν ἄνθρωποι τῶν λεγομένων ἐνδόξων, οἳ τοὺς εὐδαίμονας βίους ¹² ἐκεῖσε ἀνατεθείκασι. καθάπερ οὖν ἐξίτηλοι γραφαί, οὐ χρόνου μήκει μόνον [οὐ] διερρύησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ καιρῶν ὀξείαις μεταβολαῖς ἐκπεπνεύκασιν, εἰσὶ δ’ οὓς οἷα χειμάρρου φορὰ πλημμύροντος ἐξαίφνης ἐπικλύσασα ἠφάνισεν.

De Posteritate Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Posteritate Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Posterity of Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 113 focus

[113] But one ought to lead the mind, as if by the steps of a flight of stairs, up to the origin of everything. Men in the rank of those who are considered illustrious have gone to Delphi, who have consecrated their happy lives to the service of that place, and like writings which have become effaced, not only in consequence of the lapse of ages but also by the vicissitudes which time brings about, they have then expired [...] ¹ There are some again whom the impetuosity of an overflowing torrent, as it were, has suddenly extinguished and carried away.

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De Posteritate Caini

1.
1 οὐδὲ U: ἢ Mang., εἴτε Tisch. post οὐδὲ lacunam Statuo (οὐδὲ τυχούσας οὐδὲ τὰς τυχούσας ἡ coni. Holwerda
5 καταλέγεσθαι Tisch.: κατάγεσθαι U 7.8 καὶ μικρὰ Mang.: ἢ μικρὰ U
9 ἑρμηνεύσαι scripsi: ἑρμηνεῦσαι U, ἑρμηνεύσαις Tisch., ἑρμηνεύσειε Holwerda ἑκάστων conicio
11 συστέλλων Mang.: διαστέλλων U
14 ὧν οὐκ ἄνευ πάντα U: ὧν ἄνευ οὐκ ἄν ἅπαντα
17 Ἄδας U ἔκγονα conicio αὕτη U
18 ἀποκυεῖ conicio θεασόμεθα Holwerda
19 Σέλλαν et Σέλλα U
21 ἀθῆσαν U 21.
22 bis τε pro δὲ conicio
23 ἵν Mang.: ἢ U
24 ἔτι Mang.: ὅτι U, τί Holwerda
25 ὅσως U
26 ὡς Tisch.: ὅπως U ἀναβασμῶν U

2. 2.
3 R fol. 91v: πρεσβύτῃ γὰρ ἑτέρως—καὶ πένητι.

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 113

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