Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 150

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[150] πρῶτον μέν γε „σκληρὰν
ἡμέραν“ εἶπεν ἑαυτὴν πρὸς τὸ χλευάζον ἀπιδοῦσα παιδάριον—τούτῳ ¹² γὰρ καὶ παντὶ ἄφρονι τραχεῖα καὶ δύσβατος καὶ ἀργαλεωτάτη νενόμισται ἡ ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν ἄγουσα ὁδός, καθὰ καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν τις ἐμαρτύρησεν εἰπών·

τὴν μέντοι κακότητα καὶ ἰλαδὸν ἔστιν ἑλέσθαι.

τῆς δ’ ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεὸς προπάροιθεν ἔθηκεν

ἀθάνατος, μακρὸς δὲ καὶ ὄρθιος οἶμος ἐς αὐτὴν

καὶ τρηχὺς τὸ πρῶτον· ἐπὴν δ’ εἰς ἄκρον ἵκηαι.

ῥηιδίη δὴ ’πειτα πέλει χαλεπή περ ἐοῦσα —,

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.)

Translations (1)

On Drunkenness First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 150 focus

[150] In the first place it calls itself a severe day, having regard to the boy who is mocking it; for by him and by every fool the road which leads to virtue is looked upon as rough and difficult to travel and most painful, as one of the old poets testifies, saying:—

Vice one may take in troops with ease,

But in fair virtue’s front

Immortal God has stationed toil,

And care, and sweat, to bar the road.

Long is the road and steep,

And rough at first, which leads the steps

Of mortal man thereto;

But when you reach the height, the path

Is easy which before was hard,

And swift the onward course.

Notes on the current edition

De ebrietate

1.
1 λήψει FL προμηθεία H: προμηθία G, προμήθεια U, προμηθείου F ταξιάρχου om. Η
2 δὲ Η
3 ἰατρεία H
5 εἶναι om. Η νομίζει F γέγονεν GUF: γενόμενος HL
6 ἄννας Η, ἀνθρωπίνης v
7 prius ἡ om. F λιποτακτῆσαι G: λειποτακτῆσαι UFH
9 ἀνοργιάστων G2H: ἀνεργάστων G1UF
10 παροινεῖν scripsi: παρακινεῖν codd., παρανοεῖν coni. Mang.
14 ἐξοιστρεῖν HL
15 ἀνακαιούσης coni. Mang.
16 τὰ ἔξω v οὗ] ὧν U
17 ὑπετόπησαν GL
19 δεξάμενος H
21 νεωτερισμὸν ΗL τιθέμενον scripsi: οἰόμενον G, τίθεσθαι οἰόμενον UFH
23 πέποκα F
24 περιουσία HL
25 γε] γὰρ conicio
26 ἀπιδοῦσαν G, ἀποδιδοῦσα U

2. 18.
19 N fol. 187r τὰ ἀγαθὰ—δεξάμενοι.

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 150

ed. Paul Wendland

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