Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 211

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[211] καὶ θαυμαστὸν οὐδέν, εἰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους τοιοῦτος ἦν, οἳ βαρυτέρᾳ καὶ δυνατωτέρᾳ χειρὶ
συμφωνήσαντες ἠμύναντο ἂν ἄρχοντα χειρῶν ἀδίκων, ὁπότε καὶ πρὸς ¹ τοὺς γένει μὲν οἰκείους, γνώμῃ δ’ ἠλλοτριωμένους, ἐρήμους καὶ μόνους καὶ πολλῷ καταδεέστερα κεκτημένους ἐμετρίαζεν, ἐλαττούμενος ἑκὼν ἐν οἷς πλεονεκτεῖν ἐδύνατο.

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.) — 211 focus

[211] And there is no wonder, if he was such towards strangers, who might have agreed together and with a heavy and powerful hand have repelled him, if he had begun acts of violence, when he behaved with moderation towards those who were nearly related to him in blood, but very far removed from him in disposition, and who were desolate and isolated, and very inferior in wealth to himself, willingly allowing himself to be inferior to them in the very things in which he might have been superior;

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De Abrahamo

1.
2 καταδύσασα F1 ὃν Α γεννητοῦ ΚΑΗΡ
3 σφετερίζηται Η2: σφετερίζειαι ceteri αὐτοῖς C φασὶ Α
4 μηδὲν] μὴ Arm εὐλαβηθεὶς Α
5 τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸ γένος BEK: τὸ ἀνθρώπων γένος ceteri ὠδίναις G 5. G ἄχεσιν ἀκράτοις coni Mang.
6 ἐμφύρεσθαι coni. Mang.
7 καὶ γαληνιάσαι ποτὲ BKK: ποτὲ καὶ γαληνιάσαι transp. ceteri τὴν alt.] εἷς CFG
8 πλείονα HP γηθεῖν conicio
10 εἰ om. G
11 ἄλλων om. P ἄφθονα G, ἀφθονία om. in lac. C λεγέσθω F
12 βεβαιότητα F αὐτῆς] αὐτοῦ Κ
13 τῶν αὐτῶν (ῶ ex ὁ corr.) Α; τὸ αὐτὸ coni. Mang. (sic Arm) ἑκάτερα P
15 μακρὰν Η1 δυοῖν KHP δ’ CFGMA
16 πολύχρυσος καὶ πολυάργυρος transp. HP
17 ἔχων ἀγέλας BEK Arm: ἀγέλας ἔχων ceteri
19 ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς CKH2: ὐπ’ om. ceteri
20 τῶν om. BEFG
23 βαρυτέρῳ] πρᾳοτέρῳ coni. Mang. πρᾳότητι τὰ βαρύτερα Arm) πάντ’ C
4 ἀποβεβλημένος C, ἀποπροβεβλημένος H1P προ eras. H2), προαποβεβλημένος προαποβεβλημένος BEK εἰ] ἢ Α
25 οἱ] ἢ Α
26 ἀνάρχοντα MA

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