Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 104

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[104] εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὁ πηλὸς ἐγένετο ἄσφαλτος, μέχρι παντὸς ἂν ἴσως τὸ ἐν ¹ συνεχεῖ ῥύσει γεῶδες αἰσθητὸν εἰς ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ἀμετάβλητον δύναμιν ἐξενίκησεν· ἐπεὶ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἡ ἄσφαλτος εἰς πηλὸν μετέβαλεν, οὐκ ἀθυμητέον· ἐλπὶς γάρ, ἐλπὶς τὰ βέβαια τῆς κακίας ἐρείσματα κράτει θεοῦ διακοπῆναι.

De Confusione Linguarum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Confusion of Languages First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 104 focus

[104] For, if their clay had become mortar, then perchance that earthy thing perceptible by the outward senses, which is for ever and ever in a continued state of flux, would have been able to arrive at a safe and unalterable power; but since, on the contrary, their mortar became mere slime, we must not despair, for there is in this, certain hope that the strong fortifications of vice may be overthrown by the might of God.

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De confusione linguarum

1. 1.
2 τὸν et εἰσαγόμενον GF: τῶν et εἰσαγομένων HP
3 ἀγεννήτου H
4 εἶδος] ἔργον conicio
5 τὰς τῆς FP: τῆς G, τἀς H ὁ προβολὰς G^F κέκτηται G
9 τὸ addidi ἑαυτοὺς GF
10 οὗτος HP
12 κατλαμβανομένης Turn.: καταλαμβανόμενος codd.
14 κινητικωτάτῳ F: νικητικωτάτω G, κινηκωτάτω H, κινηκοτάτω P
16 ἀεὶ GF
17 γὰρ om. GF
18 ἀντίτυπον καὶ στερεὰν scripsi: ἀντιτύπου καὶ στερεᾶς codd.
19 δυναταῖς H 19.
20 ὀχυρωτάταις F
25 αὑτῶν conicio
26 ἀπ’ ἐχυροῦ conicio βάλλωσι F" ὁ δείλαιος καὶ G
27 ἐκνικᾶν scripsi: ἐκείνων codd.
28 ἀναδείξας Mang.: ἀναδεῖξαι codd.
29 ἐγένετο scripsi: γίνεται codd., ἐγίνετο v

Philo Judaeus De Confusione Linguarum 104

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