Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 38

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[38] ὧν τε γὰρ ἂν ἐφάψωνται, διαρρεῖ, καὶ οἷς ἂν ἐπιβῶσιν, οὐχ ὑπομένει, ὡς πρὶν ἢ στῆναι πίπτειν
ἀναγκάζεσθαι, ὥσπερ ἡ ἕλιξ, τὸ ὑδρηρὸν ὄργανον, ἔχει· κατὰ γὰρ μέσον αὐτὸ γεγόνασι βαθμοί τινες, ὧν ὁ γεωπόνος, ὅταν ἐθελήσῃ ποτίσαι τὰς ἀρούρας, ἐπιβαίνει μέν, περιολισθαίνει δ’ ἀναγκαίως· ὑπὲρ δὴ τοῦ μὴ πίπτειν συνεχῶς πλησίον ἐχυροῦ τινος ταῖς χερσὶ περιδράττεται, οὗ ἐνειλημμένος τὸ ὅλον σῶμα ἀπῃώρηκεν αὐτοῦ· ὥστε ἀντὶ μὲν ποδῶν
χερσίν, ἀντὶ δὲ χειρῶν ποσὶ χρῆσθαι· ἵσταται μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ χειρῶν, δι’ ὧν εἰσιν αἱ πράξεις, πράττει δ’ ἐν ποσίν, ἐφ’ ὧν εἰκὸς ἵστασθαι. ¹

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.) — 38 focus

[38] for whatever they touch slips away from them, and whatever thing they seek to take their stand on does not remain, so that they of necessity fall before they stand, like that hydrostatic machine called the helix; for in the middle of that engine there are some steps, which the husbandman when he desires to water his fields mounts up upon, but is rolled round of necessity; and in order to avoid falling he is continually catching at the nearest firm thing that he can lay his hands on, which he takes hold of and so supports his whole body; for instead of his hands he uses his feet, and instead of his feet he uses his hands; for he stands on his hands, by means of which, actions are usually done, and he acts with his feet on which it is natural to stand.

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De confusione linguarum

1.
1 χειροποιείτω F
2 ἐναντίωσιν] συνάντησιν coui. Jlang.
4 προέρχεσθαι conicio 4.
5 φιλοπαθεῖς Mang.: φιλομαθεῖς codd.
5 ἀδοκίμων Turn.: δοκίμων codd. ὁ τούτων GF: ψευδῶν IIP καὶ om. G
7 ἀψευδῶς scripsi : ἀψευδῶν GIIP, ψευδῶν F
8 κάλον G
9 ἀπώλονται G
10 εὐμελῶς HP ἄσατε (r
12 τοῦ ποταμ(υ] τῆς θαλάσσης conicio
13 φοράν IIP
14 ἐχθρῶν τε διὰ G
17 ταμιευομένης G, ταμιευοdνοις F
19 λαβὴν Turn. : βλάβην codd. ἄν Richter: ἐὰν codd. "20 ἂν IIP: iav GF
21 ἐ̔λιγξ II ὑδρηλδν IIP μέσου G
22 αὐτὸ G: αὐτῶ F, αὐτῶν IIP, αὐτῆς v βασμοί GF
24 πλησίον] ποσὶν couicio ἐχυροῦ ora. F τινὸς ἐχυροῦ transpos. G οὗ Turn.: ὡς GF*,
8 EP
25 αὐτοῦ Turn. ὥστε addidi μέν GF: μὲν γὰρ HP χειρῶν δὲ F
26 χρῆσθαι GFII: χρῆται Pv
27 πράττειν G

Philo Judaeus De Confusione Linguarum 38

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