Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 226

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[226] τὴν ¹ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς μοῖραν τῆς οἰκουμένης τέτταρες μεγάλοι βασιλεῖς εἰλήχεσαν, οἷς ὑπήκουεν ἔθνη τὰ ἑῷα, τά τε ἐκτὸς καὶ ἐντὸς Εὐφράτου. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα διέμενεν ἀστασίαστα πειθαρχοῦντα τοῖς τῶν βασιλέων ἐπιτάγμασι καὶ τοὺς ἐτησίους δασμοὺς ἀπροφασίστως εἰσφέροντα· μόνη δὲ ἡ Σοδομιτῶν χώρα, πρὶν καταφλεχθῆναι, παραλύειν ἤρξατο τὴν
εἰρήνην ἀπόστασιν ἐκ πολλοῦ διανοουμένη.

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.) — 226 focus

[226] And the most convincing proof of this is to be found in what he did. Four great kings had received for their inheritance the eastern portion of the inhabited world; and they were obeyed by all the eastern nations, both on this and on the other side of the Euphrates. Now all the other parts remained unharassed by contentions, obeying the commands of these kings, and contributing their yearly taxes and tribute without seeking for any excuses; but the land of the inhabitants of Sodom alone before it was destroyed by fire began to break the peace, having been designing to revolt for a long time.

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De Abrahamo

1.
1 προστάται δὲ καὶ ἐπιμεληταὶ om. BEK (fort. recte)
3 ἀγαπῶντες FH
5 ἀλλὰ—νόθων om. F
6 γοῦν BEK αὐτοῖς om. BE ἡ διαμάχη] ἰδία μάχη Α μὴ διεγνωκόσι Η2 (Turn.) τὰ αὐτῶν H2 τὰ αὑτῶν Turn.) 6.
7 ἀλλ’ ἀπᾴδουσι] ἀλλὰ σπουδάζουσι CFGA
7 διαφθειρομένοις F1 ἀεὶ] αὐτοῖς BE περὶ] διὰ CFG
8 τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶν om. FG τοῦτο—κρίσις] ὃ κρίσις ἐστὶν C ἡ om. F
9 σύστασιν HP
11 post λόγους add. ἐταράττετο CFGA δ’ BEK
12 ῥώμῃ] γνώμη BEK καθαίρειν MAFG ἃς
13 ὕλης Κ
14 αὐτὴ codd. διαζεύγνυσι BEK: διαζευγνύει ceteri 1.0 φασίν Α σε] τε G
16 ἐραστῆ ΒΕΗ2 Arm: ἐραστὴν Κ, ἐραστὴν F2, ἐραστὴς F1G, ἐρᾶς τῆς CMAH1P δὴ] δὲ F1G μετοικησάμενος P
18 ὑπολαμβάνης C ταῦτ᾿—δεξιά (19) om. F ταῦτα HP οἴετ’ C, οἴεται om. in lac. Α, ἐκεῖνος ὀίεται transp. P
19 σκιά BEK: ἀριστερά ceteri ἐκείνων Α
20 αὐτῶ Η2 (Turn.), ἑαυτῶ BE ὁ om. F
21 ante πολεμικὸς add. ἐνταῦθα ἦν BE, οὗπερ ἐχρῆν Arm ἕνεκεν BE
22 ἢν Mang: ὢν HP, om. ceteri

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 226

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