Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 118

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[118]
ταῦτα καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια τῶν τοιούτων ἔστ’ ὀνόματα. καλόν γ’ ἐναυχῆσαι κἀπισεμνύνεσθαι δόξαν θηρωμένους τὴν ἀπὸ τούτων, ἐφ’ οἷς εἰκὸς ἦν ἐγκαλύπτεσθαι. καὶ μὴν ἔνιοι μέγα φρονοῦσιν ἐπὶ τούτοις, ὡς ἄμαχόν τινα ἰσχὺν ἐκ τοῦ τοιούτους p. 423 M. νομισθῆναι παρὰ πᾶσι καρπωσάμενοι, οὓς τοῦ πολλοῦ θράσους ἡ ὀπαδὸς τοῦ θεοῦ δίκη τίσεται ¹ καίτοι τάχα τὸν οἰκεῖον οὐ μαντευομένους μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ προορωμένους ὄλεθρον· φασὶ γάρ· „πρὶν διασπαρῆναι„ (Gen. 11,4), φροντίσωμεν ὀνόματός τε καὶ δόξης.

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.) — 118 focus

[118] And it is well for them to boast over and pride themselves, upon seeking for reputation from actions which it would be more seemly to hide and to be ashamed of. And, indeed, some persons do pride themselves on these things, thinking that in consequence of them they do derive a certain irresistible degree of power among men from this idea being entertained respecting them; but they will not escape the divine vengeance for their enormous audacity, and very soon they will have occasion not only to anticipate at a distance, but even to see immediately impending their own death. For they say, "Before we are dispersed, let us have a care for our name and our glory."

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De confusione linguarum

1. 1.
2 ο0τε ὁ λλοῦς F
3 αἰ G, καὶ ἀεὶ coni. Mang. 4.
5 κατασκευάσουσι F
6 ἀπολείπεσθαι HPL’
8 prius καὶ om. G^F
9 συγκρίπτει F αὐτῶν GF: ἑαυτῶν HP
10 προσποιητὸν v 12.
13 οὐ μόνον Mang. : μονονοὺ codd.
13 φανότατον HPL’ ἐναυγάζεσθε Turn.: ἐναυγάζεσθαι codd.
15 ἀπηρτημένας P’, ἐπανατεταμένας coni. Mang.
16 πέμπειν HP ι
18 ἡ v
19 ἴσως om.H
22 φθοραῖς GF ἀόριστος] ἀκόρεστος Mang. ex Oxon. Coll. Novi 143
25 γ’] γε G, δ’ V
26 ἀπὸ τούτων scripsi: ἀπ’ αὐτῶν codd.
28 τοιούτους Mang. : τοιούτου codd. 28.
29 καρπωσάμενοι scripsi: καρπωσαμένοις GF, καρπωσαμένους HP
29 ἡ om. Η

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