Philo Judaeus, De Gigantibus, ed. Paul Wendland, 20

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[20] μένει μὲν γὰρ ἔστιν ὅτε, καταμένει δ’ οὐκ εἰσάπαν παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἡμῖν. τίς γὰρ οὕτως ¹² ἄλογος ἢ ἄψυχός ἐστιν, ὡς μηδέποτε ἔννοιαν τοῦ ἀρίστου μήθ’ ἑκὼν μήτ’ ἄκων λαβεῖν; ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ τοῖς ἐξαγίστοις ἐπιποτᾶται πολλάκις αἰφνίδιος ἡ τοῦ καλοῦ φαντασία, συλλαβεῖν δ’ αὐτὴν καὶ φυλάξαι παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς ἀδυνατοῦσιν.

De Gigantibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Giants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 20 focus

[20] For, at times, it does remain; but it does not remain for ever and ever among the greater part of us; for who is so destitute of reason or so lifeless as never, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to conceive a notion of the all good God. For, very often, even over the most polluted and accursed beings, there hovers a sudden appearance of the good, but they are unable to take firm hold of it and to keep it among them;

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De gigantibus

1.
1 γὰρ UE: om. ’P, δὲ Η
2 2 οὕτω E τῆς] τῆς ἀγαθῆς Η
2 προρρήσεως ΑΕ ἀξίους om. HP
3 πρεσβύτας U 3.
4 ἀσύλους καὶ ἱεροὺς HP
4 post ἀσύλους add. φύλακας Ε πανάλην (sic) U
5 προρρήσεως Α καὶ αὐτὸς] καὶ ὑπαιτίους coni. Mang.
6 ἁμαρτήσεις UH2E 6.
7 λόγῳ ὁ ὑμνογράφος οὑτωσὶ λέγων Ε
7 τοῦτο U (coni. Mang.)
8 θυμὸν — ἀποστολὴν om. E ἀποστελεῖ Α
9 οὗτοι] spat.
5 litt. M οἱ ante τὸ add. H
2 τὸ om. M
1 1 θνητὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων HP θνητῶν θνητὰς U
13 εὐμορφίαν ἧ αἴσθησις ἀπάγεται U
14 ἐνίας MHP: ἐνίας ἃς A, ἅς U ὅσον Α ἐπελέξαντο MAU: ἐξελέξαντο HP
15 δὲ om. HP
17 ἀντελάβοντο scripsi: ἀνελάβοντο codd. πρὸς μήκιστον τὰς ἐν conicio vel μηκίστας τὰς ἐν μηκίστας MAU: ἡκίστας (s. s. μ) P, ποικίλας in ras. H
18 τείναντες U(?)
19 ᾠκειωμένων ΑΗ2: ἐκειουμένων U, οἰκειωμένων MH1P
20 τὸ om. U
22 οὐ μὴ καταμείνῃ U εἰς om. U
23 μὲν om. U
24 καταμενεῖ AP οὐκ] οὐδ’ Η

2. 2.
3 cf. Platonis Symposion p. 202 E

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