Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 150

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τῶν ἐπ’ ἀδικίαις σεμνυνομένων εἶπε κύριος· „ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων“ (Gen. 11,5), ἴσον τῷ ἰδοὺ μία οἰκειότης καὶ συγγένεια, καὶ πάλιν ἁρμονία καὶ συμφωνία ἡ αὐτὴ πάντων ὁμοῦ, μηδενὸς ἠλλοτριωμένου τὴν γνώμην μηδ’ ἀπᾴδοντος, καθάπερ ἔχει καὶ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπων ἀμούσων· τὸ γὰρ φωνητήριον αὐτοῖς ὄργανον πᾶσι τοῖς φθόγγοις
ἔστιν ὅτε δι’ ὅλων ἐκμελὲς καὶ ἀπῳδὸν οὐ μετρίως καθέστηκε, πρὸς ἀναρμοστίαν ἄκρως ἡρμοσμένον καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἀσύμφωνον συμφωνίαν ¹² μόνον ἄγον.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 150 focus

But against those who pride themselves on injustice, ¹²³⁴ the Lord said, "Behold, there is one race and one language among them all," an expression equivalent to, Behold, there is one family and one bond of relationship, and also, one harmony and agreement among them all together, no one being in his mind at all alienated from or disconnected with his neighbour, as is the case with illiterate men. For at times, the organ of speech among them is, in all its tones, out of tune and inharmonious in no slight degree, being in fact carefully arranged so as to produce inharmoniousness, and having only such a concert as will cause a want of melody.

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De confusione linguarum

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2 ὢν om. Eus. σπουδαζέτω Eus: σπούδαζε codd. κομεῖσθαι F
3 ἄγγελον v ὡς ἄν Eus: καὶ ὡς ἄν Eus codd. nonnulli, ὡς codd.
4 ἀρχὴ] αὐκεῖ G 4.5 λόγος ὁ F (om. καὶ), λόγος οὗ coni. Mang.,3 ὁ ὁρῶν Eus: ὁρῶν codd. ὁ προήχθη G ἀρετὰς Eus: ἀρχὰς codd. 7.
8 ἀνθρώπον —ἀιδίου om. F
8 ὀνομάζεσθαι conicio ἀειδοῦς Eus: ἀιδίου codd.
13 δεύαροι F βασικοῖς H
14 ἀκμάσανπς G: ἀκμάσαντα F, ἀκούσαντες HP
15 ἀνυπναιτίως Mang. : ὑπαιτίως codd.
17 ἴσως Mang. : πιστῶς codd. γεγεννηdνοι GF
21 τῷ] τὸ G
25 ὅτι P

2. 1—9 Eusebius Pr. ev. XI
15 post 10cum ad p. 247 laudatum: ἐν τῷ δ’ αὐτῷ ωuρἀμμτι καὶ τάδε φησί· Κἄν μηδέπω μἐντομ— ὁ πρεσβύτατος.

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