Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 174

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[174] φασὶ μέντοι καὶ ἐν Σκύθαις τοῖς p.384 M. καλουμένοις Γελώοις θαυμασιώτατόν τι γίνεσθαι σπανίως μέν, γίνεσθαι
δ’ ὅμως θηρίον, ὃ καλεῖται τάρανδρος, μέγεθος μὲν βοὸς οὐκ ἀποδέον, ἐλάφῳ δὲ τὸν τοῦ προσώπου τύπον ἐμφερέστατον· λόγος ἔχει τοῦτο μεταβάλλειν ἀεὶ τὰς τρίχας πρός τε τὰ χωρία καὶ τὰ δένδρα καὶ πάνθ’ ἁπλῶς οἷς ἂν ἐγγὺς ἱστῆται, ὡς διὰ τὴν τῆς χρόας ὁμοιότητα λανθάνειν ¹² τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας καὶ ταύτῃ μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ περὶ σῶμα ἀλκῇ δυσθήρατον εἶναι.

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

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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.) — 174 focus

[174] They say indeed that among the Scythians, among that tribe which is called the Geloni, most marvellous things happen, rarely indeed, but nevertheless it does happen; namely that there is a beast seen which is called the tarandus, not much less than an ox in size, and exceedingly like a stag in the character of his face. The story goes that this animal continually changes his coat according to the place in which he is, or the trees which he is near, and that in short he always resembles whatever he is near, so that through the similarity of his colour he escapes the notice of those who fall in with him, and that it is owing to this, rather than to any vigour of body, that he is hard to catch.

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De ebrietate

1.
1 κινούμενοι Her: καὶ κινούμενοι codd., κεκινημένοι v
3 ἀειδρύτου G
1 UF
4 ἐπ’ αὔην G, ἀπ’ αὐτῆς coni. Mang. αἰτία Η, αἰτίαι et πολλαὶ Her
5 ἑνὸς μέρος Η, ἑνὸς μέρους Mang.
6 καὶ HL’ Her: καὶ κατὰ τὴν CtUFL-
7 —
9 alterum αἱ- παθῶν om. H
8 alterum καὶ] τε καὶ Her
9 ἰδιότητος F ἄε post ἔνια transpos. Her
10 χαμαιλέοντα καὶ τὸν coni. Mang. 11—14 τὸν μὲν— φάρμακον om. Her
10 γέ] γάρ conicio
11 ὀρθιοῦσθαι HL’ εἴωθε II
12 θάλατταν U
15 αὐγαῖς κατενόησέ τις μυρίας Her 15.
16 ἢ οὐχὶ] καὶ γὰρ καὶ Ηer
16 φονικὸν F πυρωτόν H ἀνθρακωειδὲς ν
18 — 204,2 φασὶ-εἶνι] τί δέ τὴν τοῦ τηρὸς ταράνδου διάλλαξιν τῶν χρωμάτων, δι’ ἧς λανθάνει τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας, εἴποιμεν ἄν; Her
19 γελωταῖς L, Γελωνοῖς v θαυμασιώτατά H
20 τάρανδρος GFLΝDMDV: τάρανδος UHDP(?) Her οὐκ ἀποδέον om. D
21 τοῦτον DΜDV 22.23 καὶ πάνθ’ ἁπλῶς om. D
23 ἵσταται DPD^, ᾖ DM χροίς D

2. 9—205,6 N fol. 187r χωρὶς—ὀνείρατα 20—204,1 DM fol. 193v Φίλωνος ἐκ τῶν τερὶ μέθης DP foL 201 Dv p. 531: γίνεται θηρίον, ὃ—δυσθήρατον εἶναι. cf. V. Rose Aristot. pseudepigr. p. 364. 365 (Caesaris Belli G. VI 26,1).

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 174

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