Philo Judaeus, De Plantatione, ed. Paul Wendland, 161

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[161] ταῦτ’ ἐστὶ τῆς ἡβώσης καὶ νεωτέρας καὶ ἄρτι ἀκμαζούσης ἆθλα, ὡς ἔοικεν, εὐφροσύνης, τῆς δὲ ἀρχαίας καὶ πρεσβυτέρας τἀναντία· πάσης γὰρ καλῆς πράξεως
ἀφ’ ἱερῶν τελείων οἱ πρότεροι κατήρχοντο, νομίζοντες μάλιστα οὕτως αἴσιον ἀποβήσεσθαι τὸ τέλος αὐτοῖς, καὶ πρὶν εὔξασθαί τε καὶ θῦσαι, ¹ καὶ εἰ σφόδρα τοῦ πράττειν ἐπέσπευδον οἱ καιροί, πάντως ἀνέμενον οὐκ ἀεὶ τὸ ταχὺ τοῦ βραδέος ἡγούμενοι κρεῖττον· οὐ προμηθὲς μὲν γὰρ τάχος βλαβερόν, βραδυτὴς δὲ μετ’ εὐελπιστίας ὠφέλιμον. εἰδότες οὖν, ὅτι καὶ ἡ τοῦ οἴνου ἀπόλαυσίς τε καὶ χρῆσις δεῖται πολλῆς ἐπιμελείας,

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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About the Planting of Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 161 focus

[161] Now, these are the contests of revelry while in youth and vigour, and, as one may say, in its prime; but the others are the deeds of that ancient and more old-fashioned sort. For the men of old time began every good action with perfect sacrifices, thinking that in that way the result would be most favourable to them; and even if the occasion required especial promptitude in action, still they did not begin till they had offered prayers and sacrifices. But in all cases waited, thinking that haste was not in every case better than slowness. For speed, which is not accompanied with forethought, is injurious, but slowness, when founded on good hope, is advantageous.

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De plantatione

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1 ὄγκον H: οἶκον MGU, οἶον FL παράφυσιν coni. Cohn coni. Cohn ἰδούσης καχεξίας codd.: οἰδοῦσαν καχεξίαν Mang.
2 παράφυσιν
3 περιταθῆ FH: περὶ πάθη MGU ἐπαινέσεως Cohn: γενέσεως codd., γνησίας Mang.
6 ἐρῶντας Turn.: ἐρῶντες codd.
7 τἄλλα M ἄλλα #x003E; conicio
9 ἀλλ’ FH κατατὸς H κεκλασμένον Mang.: καχαλασμένον codd.
10 ἐκμελὲς conicio ὀργάνοις scripsi: ὀργίοις codd.
11 ὑμῶν U
12 καὶ post τεχνῖται add. M περιεργείας Η
13 ἐπιτυχίζοντες M, ἐπιτειχίζονται G πορθήσωμεν H
14 δὴ] δὲ H τὸν scripsi: τὸ codd.
15 προσφέρονται H: προφέρονται MGUFL
16 τοῦ] τὸ Y 16.
17 χαίνοντες MGF: χαίροντες· UH
17 προσφέρειν H
18 διαμελῶσιν G τὸν] τὸ H
19 πότον scripsi: ποτὸν codd. περιψύχουσι H γυμνι, tum spat. M, μυρικῶν H
21 ὦτα, ῥῖνας H ἄκρες F τύχη H: τύχοι MGUF
24 καὶ τῆς add. U
25 πρῶτοι U

Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 161

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