Philo Judaeus, De Plantatione, ed. Paul Wendland, 3

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[3] ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τὴν οὐσίαν ἄτακτον καὶ συγκεχυμένην οὖσαν ἐξ αὑτῆς εἰς τάξιν ἐξ ἀταξίας καὶ ἐκ συγχύσεως εἰς διάκρισιν ἄγων ὁ κοσμοπλάστης μορφοῦν ἤρξατο, γῆν μὲν καὶ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὸ μέσον ἐρρίζου, τὰ p. 330 M. δὲ ἀέρος καὶ
πυρὸς δένδρα πρὸς τὴν μετάρσιον ἀνεῖλκεν ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου χώραν, τὸν ¹² δὲ αἰθέριον ἐν κύκλῳ τόπον ὠχυροῦτο τῶν ἐντὸς ὅρον τε καὶ φυλακτήριον αὐτὸν τιθείς, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ οὐρανὸς ὠνομάσθαι δοκεῖ· καὶ ὀχεῖσθαι μὲν γῆν ὕδατι ξηρὰν οὖσαν, ἣν δέος ἦν ὕδατι διαλύεσθαι, πυρὶ δὲ ἀέρα θερμῷ φύσει τὸν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ ψυχρότατον, θαῦμα ἔκτοπον, ὁ θαυματοποιὸς εἰργάζετο.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

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.) — 3 focus

[3] For after the Creator of the world, reducing that substance, which was in its own nature destitute of order and regularity, into a state of order, and bringing it from a condition of confusion into a distinct system, began to fashion and shape it, he placed the earth and the water in the middle, and the plants of air and fire he drew up from their previously central position to a lofty eminence; and the aether he arranged all round, placing it as a boundary to and preservation of the things within, from which also it seems that the heaven ¹ derives its name, causing the earth to be borne upon the water in such a way that it continues dry, which, however, there was reason to fear might be dissolved by water; and this great worker of marvels, moreover, united the air, which was exceedingly ²³ cold by its own nature, to fire which is very hot; a most surprising miracle.

Notes on the current edition

De plantatione

1. περὶ φυτουργίας Νῶε τὸ β΄ M: περὶ φυτουργίας Νῶε G, Φίλωνος σοφοῦ περὶ φυτουργίας τὸ δεύτερον Νῶε λόγος ία U, περὶ φυτουργίας τὸ δεύτερον Νῶε FH
1 πρώτω L τὰ fort. cranspon. in lin.
2 ante περὶ γενικῆς MGUF: γενικῶς Η
2 ante περὶ ras. in H τὰ περὶ Η1 ?)
3 ἀποδώσωμεν G
4 φάσκων om. M
6 φυτουργιῶν scripsi: φυτῶν codd., φυτειῶν coni. Mang. γεωργιῶν] ἐνεργειῶν Η
8 μέγαν om. G
10 αὖ scripsi: οὐ codd. περιέχων G τὰ om. L ἅμα scripsi: ἀλλὰ codd.
11 ὅδ’ U
12 καὶ om. r ἐξ αὑτῆς om. E αὑτῆς Η2. αὑτῆς ceteri
13 μορφὴν U, κοσμεῖν E
14 καὶ om. F ἐρίζου M δ’ E

2. 11—136,15 ἐπειδὴ—χρεῖοι exstant in Epitome Περὶ κόσμου Mang. II p. 603,6—604,38.

Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 3

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