Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 24

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[24] καθάπερ γὰρ οἱ ἁλιευόμενοι δίκτυα καθιᾶσιν ἔστιν ὅτε μήκιστα πολλὴν ἐν κύκλῳ περιβαλλόμενοι θάλατταν, ἵν’ ὡς πλείστους ἐντὸς ληφθέντας ¹ ἀρκύων οἷα τειχήρεις γεγονότας ἰχθύας συλλάβωσι, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἡ πλείστη μοῖρα ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἐπὶ μέρος θαλάττης μόνον, p. 304 Μ. ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ ἅπασαν τὴν ὕδατος καὶ γῆς καὶ ἀέρος φύσιν τὰ πάναγρα, ὡς οἱ ποιηταί πού φασι, λίνα τείνας’ ἅπαντα πανταχόθεν δι’ ἡδονῆς ἀπόλαυσίν τε καὶ χρῆσιν ἀγκιστρεύεται·

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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On the Tilling of the Earth by Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 24 focus

[24] For as fishermen let down their nets at times to the most extraordinary depths, comprehending a vast surface of the sea in their circle, in order to catch the greatest possible number of fish enclosed within their nets, like people shut up within the walls of a besieged city; so in the same manner the greatest part of men having extended their universal nets to take everything, as the poets somewhere say, not only over the parts of the sea, but also over the whole nature of earth, and air, and water, seek to catch everything from every quarter for the enjoyment and attainment of pleasure.

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De agricultura

1.
1 εὐανδρουμέναις Α
2 ἀνδρίς AG 2.
3 τὸ σωφροσύνης — ἁπάσης om. G
2 tertium τὸ] καὶ UF
3 τι om. AU 3.
4 τῶν τῆς ἀγρίας λεγομένης UF: τῆς λεγομένης ἀγρίας ceteri ἀγρίας ὕλης Mang, (cf. De opif. § 40): ἀγριαζούσης Α, ἀγρίας μούσης ceteri
4 μὲν μὴ UF: μὲν οὐ GH2, δὴ MA(H1?) φέρει Α δύναται A
5 αὐτὸ coni. Cohn
6 ἀναγκαῖον καὶ χρήσιμον F
7 Μωυσῆς UF: om. ceteri
9 τὴν GH2: om. MAUFH1 φέρουσαν UH: ἐπιφέρουσαν MAGF
10 εἰργασμένος F
12 καταφορᾶται A1U
13 αὑτῆς v
14 ἧ ἐργᾷ MGHL1: ἡ ἐργᾷ Α, εἰργάση U, ἧ ἐργάσῃ FL2 αὑτῆς Turn.
17 μὴν] μὴ L ἀποληπτέον M(H1), ἀπολειπτέον Α 17.
18 χερσὶ καὶ ποσὶ UF: χερσὶν ἡ ποσὶ ceteri
18 τοῦ σώματος ἐνεργεῖν UF: ἐνεργεῖν τοῦ σώματος ceteri γῆς F: τῆς ceteri
20 οὐδενὸς ἄλλου Α
22 ras.
2 litt. ante ἀνθρώπων H τῶν Η1?)
23 μέχρι coni. Jessen
25 ταῦτα om. UF

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