Philo Judaeus, De Sobrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 58

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[58] τούτῳ δὴ τῷ τοσούτων καὶ οὕτως ὑπερβαλλόντων καὶ ἀθρόων ἀξιωθέντι ἀγαθῶν τί προσήκει ποιεῖν ἢ λόγοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς καὶ ὕμνοις τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀμείβεσθαι; τοῦτ’ ἔσθ’, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὃ αἰνίττεται διὰ τοῦ „εὐλογημένος ¹ κύριος ὁ θεὸς Σήμ“, ἐπειδὴ τῷ τὸν θεὸν ἔχοντι κλῆρον εὐλογεῖν καὶ ἐπαινεῖν αὐτὸν ἁρμόττει μόνον τοῦτ’ ἀντιπαρασχεῖν δυναμένῳ, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ἀνὰ κράτος πάνθ’ ἁπλῶς ἀδυνατοῦντι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Sobriety First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 58 focus

[58] What then ought a man to do who has been thought worthy of such great and such exceeding blessings, all united in his case? What ought he to do, except requite his benefactor with words, and hymns, and songs of praise? This is as it seems what is obscurely intimated to him in the words, "Blessed is the Lord God of Shem;" ¹ since it it becomes him who has received the inheritance of God to bless and praise him, since this is the only requital that it is in his power to offer, and since he is utterly unable by any means whatever to do anything further.

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De sobrietate

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1 αὐτοῦ F: αὐτό GH, αὐτῷ Mang. παρ’ ὅσον codd. τὸ GF: καὶ τό H
2 τὸ] τόν F
3 μεμοῳασμἐνον H εὐχῆς] εὐλογίας coni. Mang.
5 ἀέναοι G: ἀἐνναοι FH
6 πλημυροῦσαι G
8 ὅρα Η: ὅτι GF τοῦτο om. L
9 τούτου GF: τοῦτο Η
9 ὅτε scripsi: ὅταν codd.
11 ἐπιδαΦιλεύηται L 15.
16 bis Ἁβραὰμ FH
15 ἀποκαλύψω F
16 ἀπὸ om. G
17 προσελήλυθε GF, παρελἡλυθε L
18 εἷς ποιητὴς FΗ
19 οὐ] ὁ H
20 μόνοις H: νόμοις GFL2; γρ. μόνος mg. H, L1
21 κολακείαν G ὠθούμνον G1, ὠνούμενον G2
24 ἁφειμένος Mang.: ἀφιέμενος codd. δεσποίνης G: δέ ποινῆς F, δὴ ποινῆς H
26 τῷ scripsi: τῶν codd. καὶ ἀθρόων om. F
27 λόγους H, ut vid.
28 ἐοικώς H, εἰκὸς; Turn. ὅ Η: om. GF διὰ τοῦ scripsi: αὐτοῦ GF, αὐτῶ H. ἐν τῷ coni. Mang.

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