Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 137

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[137] 27 λαβὼν δὲ ὁ θεὸς οἶκτον ἅτε σωτὴρ καὶ φιλάνθρωπος τὰς μὲν κατὰ φύσιν ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν συνόδους γινομένας ἕνεκα παίδων σπορᾶς ηὔξησεν ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα, τὰς δ’ ἐκφύλους καὶ ἐκθέσμους διαμισήσας
ἔσβεσε καὶ τοὺς ὀργῶντας ἐπὶ ταύτας προβαλόμενος οὐχὶ τὰς ἐν ἔθει καινουργήσας δ’ ἐκτόπους καὶ παρηλλαγμένας τιμωρίας ἐτιμωρήσατο. ¹² κελεύει γὰρ ἐξαίφνης τὸν ἀέρα νεφωθέντα πολὺν ὄμβρον οὐχ

De Abrahamo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Abrahamo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 137 focus

But God, having taken pity on mankind, as being a Saviour and full of love for mankind, increased, as far as possible, the natural desire of men and women for a connexion together, for the sake of producing children, and detesting the unnatural and unlawful commerce of the people of Sodom, he extinguished it, and destroyed those who were inclined to these things, and that not by any ordinary chastisement, but he inflicted on them an astonishing novelty, and unheard of rarity of vengeance;

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De Abrahamo

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1 εὔυδρος KMHP: ἄυδρος Α, ἔνυδρος BKCFG εὐφορία καρπῶν BEK: καρπῶν εὐφορία ceteri
2 εἶπεν ἄν F
4 τὸν τ. φ. νόμον C; τῶν τ. φ. νόμων ceteri
5 ὀψοφαγείας HP
6 ὄντες ora. Arm
9 ἦν om. ΒΕ βεβαιοτέρας BE νικώμενος coni. Mang.
10 ἐθίζοντας Κ; ἐθίζειν coni. Mang.
11 γεννηθέντας om. BEK (fort. recte) κατεσκεύασαν BEK Arm: κατεσκεύαζον ceteri αὐτοῖς Η2(ν) κακῶν BEAHP
12 οὐ μόνον BEKArm: οὐ μόνον γὰρ ceteri γυναικοῦντοςλ M
13 ἀγεννεστέρας BKK: ἀγεννεστάτας CMP, ἀγενεστάτας AFH, ἀγεννεστάτως G ἀπεργασάμενοι H καὶ alt. BEK Arm: om. ceteri γε BEKM: γ’ ceteri 13.
14 ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς scripsi: ἐφ’ αὐτοῖς BE Arm, ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς Κ, ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς ceteri
14 γένος ἀνθρώπων transp. H εἰ] οἱ Α οὑν ΒΕΚ
16 ἠρήμωντο] ἤρθησαν Κ, ἤριαν (sic) BE ἄν om. Κ λοιμώδη EF, λιμώδει KP
17 οἶκτον δὲ λαβὼν ὁ θεὸς Arm 18.
19 ἕνεκα παίδων σπορᾶς om. BEK (fort. recte), σπορᾶς om. Arm
19 ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα om. Arm καὶ om. C ἀθέσμους BEK
20 ἐπὶ ταῦτα BEHP(v) προβαλόμενος CM: προβαλλόμενος ceteri τὰς ΚΗ2: ταῖς ceteri (v)
21 καινουργήσας] καινουργίαις CFG(v) δὲ M ἐκτόπους BEKAH: ἐκτόποις ceteri (v) παρηλλαγμένας τιμωρίας ΒΕΚΗ: —αις—αις ceteri (v) ἐτιμωρήσατο ΒΕΚ: ἐπετιμωρήσατο ceteri

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2 Menand. frg. 724 Kock: ἀρχὴ μεγίστη τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις κακῶν, ὠγαθέ, τὰ λίαν ἀγαθά.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 137

ed. Leopold Cohn

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