Philo Judaeus, De Gigantibus, ed. Paul Wendland, 66

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[66] λέγει γὰρ ὁ νομοθέτης, ὅτι „οὗτος ἤρξατο εἶναι γίγας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς" (Gen. 10,8), ἑρμηνεύεται δὲ Νεβρὼδ αὐτομόλησις· οὐ γὰρ ἐξήρκεσε τῇ παναθλίᾳ ψυχῇ μετὰ μηδετέρων στῆναι, ἀλλὰ προσχωρήσασα τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὅπλα κατὰ
τῶν φίλων ἤρατο καὶ φανερῶς ἀνθεστῶσα αὐτοῖς ἐπολέμει. παρὸ καὶ ¹ ἀρχὴν τῷ Νεβρὼδ τῆς βασιλείας ὑπογράφει Βαβυλῶνα, μετάθεσις δὲ καλεῖται Βαβυλών, συγγενὲς αὐτομολίᾳ καὶ ὄνομα ὀνόματι καὶ ἔργον ἔργῳ· παντὸς γὰρ αὐτομολοῦντος προοίμια γνώμης μεταβολὴ καὶ μετάθεσις.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 66 focus

[66] for the lawgiver says, "that this man began to be a giant upon the earth:" ¹ and the name Nimrod, being interpreted, means, desertion; for it was not enough for the thoroughly miserable soul to stand on neither side, but having gone over to its enemies, it took up arms against its friends, and resisted them, and made open war upon them; in reference to which fact it is that, Moses calls the seat of Nimrod’s kingdom Babylon, and the interpretation of the word Babylon is "change;" a thing nearly akin to desertion, the name, too, being akin to the name, and the one action to the other; for the first step of every deserter is a change and alteration of mind,

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De gigantibus

1.
1 πρὶν ἄν Η Ἀβραάμ U ἢν addidi
2 διερευνῶν EP
4 οἷς] ἧς AU ἐπετήδευσεν MA: ἐπετήδευεν U, ἐπιτετήδευκε Η, ἐπετετήδευκε P τετύχηκεν HP Ἁβραὰμ HP, ἀβραὰμ μὲν U
5 οὐράνια U
6 πάντη U: ceteri πατρὸς U: om. ceteri
7 ἄχρι codd. βελτιωθῇ μέλλει Α 8.
9 λόγιον τὸ δὲ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεός σου· περιπάτει εἰς πρόσωπόν μου καὶ γίνου τέλειος U
9 εὐαρεστήσει Α
10 μόνος—καὶ om. U ὢν MAP: ἦν Η, αὖ Mang. καὶ ante αὐτοῦ om. Α
11 θεοῦ MU: θεὸς AHP
12 ἢ χοῦς M
13 καὶ ante πατὴρ om. Α πατρὸς U
14 ἑνὶ μόνω U: ἐπιμόνῳ ceteri
15 θεῷ H 2: θεοῦ MAPH1, om. U οὐ γένος ὀπαδὸς U γενόμενος Turn.
16 χρώμενος τῶ ὄντι HP μόνου] νοῦ M
18 ἐκβιβάζοντες U μεταλλοιώσαντες scripsi: μεταλλεύσαντες MHP, μεταλλεύοντες U, μεταβάλλοντες Α, αὐτομολήσαντες coni. Mang.
20 ᾖ] οἲ A, ὥς L1
21 οἰκείαν καὶ ἀμείνω ΗP
25 μετὰ ἑτέρων Α
26 ἤρξατο Η ἀνθεστῶσ᾿ U παρ’ ὃ Α

Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 66

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