Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 116

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[116] παγκάλως δ’ εἴρηται τὸ μηδένα διαπεφωνηκέναι πρὸς ὁλοκλήρου καὶ παντελοῦς μετουσίαν ἀνδρείας· καθάπερ γὰρ λύρα
¹² καὶ πᾶν μουσικῆς ὄργανον ἐκμελὲς μέν, κἂν εἷς αὐτὸ μόνον ἀπῳδὸς ᾖ φθόγγος, ἡρμοσμένον δ’, ὅταν μιᾷ πλήξει συνηχῶσι τὴν αὐτὴν συμφωνίαν ἀποτελοῦντες, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ τὸ ψυχῆς ὄργανον ἀσύμφωνον μέν, ὅταν ἢ θράσει σφόδρα ἐπιτεινόμενον πρὸς τὸ ὀξύτατον
βιάζηται ἢ δειλίᾳ πλέον τοῦ μετρίου ἀνιέμενον πρὸς τὸ βαρύτατον χαλᾶται, σύμφωνον δ’, ὅταν οἱ τῆς ἀνδρείας καὶ πάσης ἀρετῆς τόνοι πάντες ἀνακραθέντες ἓν εὐάρμοστον ἀπογεννήσωσι μέλος.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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On Drunkenness First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 116 focus

[116] And it is very admirably said that no one refused, by way of intimating a participation in perfect and complete courage; just as the lyre and any other musical instrument is out of tune, if there is one single discordant note in it; but is in tune when the strings are all harmonious and pour forth the same symphony at one touch. In the same manner also, the instrument of the soul is out of tune when it is either strained by rashness and urged on to a degree of exceeding sharpness, or relaxed by cowardice in an immoderate degree, so as to be let down and become very flat. But it is in tune when all the tones of courage and of every virtue are well united and combined together, and so produce one well-arranged melody.

Notes on the current edition

De ebrietate

1.
1 τὴν post ἑστάναι add. v
2 ἀξίας G
3 ἀσκητικὸν] ὁρατικὸν Mang.
4 ἀνακράτος GF
12 ἀνταγώνιστον G ἣν] ἡ F1, ἣ F2,
13 ἐπιπόλεως G
14 οὐδέν FL
19 κατηγωνισαμένων L
22 προσαγηόχαμεν τὸ GU: προσαγήοχα τὸ F, προσαγηόχατο L, προσαγήοχε τὸ v
25 συντιθέντα Turn.: συντεθέντα codd. τὸ FL: om. GU
27 δυσθεράπευτος Mang.: δυσθήρατος codd.
28 δουλεία U ἑτέρῳ scripsi: ἑτέρου codd.
30 ἀνδρίας G γὰρ addidi

2.
30 sqq. Origenes Homilia XXVI
2 in Numeros p. 370 (ad eundem locum): discenda

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