Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 158

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[158] 46 αὕτη τροφὴ ψυχῆς ἀσκητικῆς, ἥδιστον ἀντὶ πικροῦ τὸ πονεῖν ὑπολαβεῖν, ἧς οὐχ ἅπασι κοινωνῆσαι θέμις, ἀλλ’ οἷς ὁ χρυσοῦς μόσχος, ¹² τὸ Αἰγυπτίων ἀφίδρυμα, τὸ σῶμα, πυρωθὲν καὶ λεανθὲν σπείρεται καθ’ ὕδατος. λέγεται γὰρ ἐν ἱεραῖς βίβλοις, ὅτι „λαβὼν Μωυσῆς τὸν μόσχον κατέκαυσε πυρὶ καὶ κατήλεσε λεπτὸν καὶ ἔσπειρεν ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐπότισε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ“ (Exod. 32,20).

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 158 focus

This is the food of a soul which is inclined to the practise of virtue, to consider labour a very sweet thing instead of a bitter one, which, however, it is not allowed to all persons to participate in; but to those only by whom the golden calf, the animal made by the Egyptians, the body, is sprinkled over with water after having been burnt with fire, and broken to pieces. For it is said in the sacred scriptures, that "Moses having taken the calf burnt it with fire, and broke it up into small pieces, and threw the pieces into the water and caused the children of Israel to drink thereof." ¹

Notes on the current edition

De Posteritate Caini

1.
1 πολιὸν D: τὸν U
2 διὰ om. D τὴν τέχνην U: τέχνην D δὲ U: τε V
4 lacuna sic fere explenda: σοφία θεοῦ, διάφορον δὲ πηγὴ καὶ φρέαρ, ἡ μὲν
5 ὁ alterum seclusi
6 ἀνέφηνεν Holwerda, ἠφάνιστο
13 Μέροις U, Μερρᾷ Mang.
14 αἱ Mang.: ὁ U
17 ἐπαγόμεναι scripsi: ἐλαυνόμεναι U
19 τιθασσείας U
26 αὐτὰ Holwerda: αὐτὸ U
27 συντεύξεως coni. Mang.
28 αὐτή U
29 χρυσοῦς Tisch.: χρυσὸς U

2. 28.
29 D R fol. 274 r τοῦ αὐτοῦ (Anton. Mol. II
46 col. 1123): αὕτη — ὑπολαμβάνειν.

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 158

ed. Paul Wendland

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers