Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 231

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[231] πολλῶν οὖν ἀγαθῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἐν τῇ φύσει τὸ δοκοῦν ἐφαρμόττειν μοι τοῦτο χάρισαι, κἂν μικρότατον ᾖ, στοχασάμενος ἐκείνου μόνου, εἰ ¹ δυνήσομαι τὸ δοθὲν φέρειν εὐμαρῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ μὴ πρὸς τοῦτο ἀπειπὼν ὁ δυστυχὴς ὀκλάσω.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Mutatione Nominum (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 231 focus

[231] Since, therefore, there are many good things existing in nature, give me that which appears to be best adapted to my circumstances, even if it be the most trifling thing possible; looking at this one point alone, whether I shall be able to bear what is given me with equanimity, and not, like a wretched person, sink under and be overwhelmed by it.

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De mutatione nominum

1.
1 ἕν Mang.: ἑνός codd.
3 εἰ om. Β
5 τιμητικός Β
6 μηδὲ scripsi: μὴ codd.
8 δύναται conicio 8.
9 τελείως bis coni. Mang.
9 σου coni. Cohn
10 ἕλοιτο scripsi: ἕληται codd. τῆς Α: τοῖς Β
11 δεκάδα Mang.: πεντάδα codd.
12 ἶνα μὴ Β
13 τῇ γενέσει v ἧς Α: ἢ Β
15 ψυχῆς Α: τῆς B
17 ἐγκεχορευκότες Mang.: κεχορευκότες codd.
18 αὔξεσθαι scripsi αὔξασθαι Mang.): εὔξεσθαι codd. καρτερίας Mang.: ἀρετῆς codd. 18.
19 καὶ ἀρετῆς πάσης om. Β
19 ἐπασκηθέντες coni. Mang. (immo ἐνασκηθέντες)
20 δὲ codd.: δὴ Mang., τελείως conicio
21 Ἡσαῦ A
22 εὐλογία σοι] ἁ et οι in ras. Β2 μία σοι ex LXX conicio ἐστί scripsi: ἔσται codd.

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 231

ed. Paul Wendland

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