Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 235

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[235] ὃν θεασάμενος ὁ μέγας ἱερεὺς τοῦ ¹² μεγίστου θεοῦ ἐπανιόντα καὶ τροπαιοφοροῦντα σῷον μετὰ σῴου τῆς ἰδίας δυνάμεως — οὐδένα γὰρ τῶν συνόντων ἀπέβαλε —, καταπλαγεὶς τὸ μέγεθος τῆς πράξεως καὶ ὅπερ εἰκὸς ἐννοηθείς, ὡς οὐκ ἄνευ θείας ἐπιφροσύνης καὶ συμμαχίας κατωρθώθη, τὰς χεῖρας ἀνατείνας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐχαῖς αὐτὸν γεραίρει καὶ ἐπινίκια ἔθυε καὶ πάντας τοὺς συναραμένους
τῷ ἀγῶνι λαμπρῶς εἱστία, γεγηθὼς καὶ συνηδόμενος ὡς ἐπ’ οἰκείῳ κατορθώματι· καὶ ἦν τῷ ὄντι οἰκεῖον αὐτῷ· „κοινὰ“ γὰρ κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν „τὰ φίλων“, πολὺ δὲ πλέον τὰ τῶν ἀγαθῶν, οἷς ἓν τέλος εὐαρεστεῖν θεῷ.

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 235 focus

[235] And when the great high priest of the most high God beheld him returning and coming back loaded with trophies, in safety himself, with all his own force uninjured, for he had not lost one single man of all those who went out with him; marvelling at the greatness of the exploit, and, as was very natural, considering that he had never met with this success but through the favour of the divine wisdom and alliance, he raised his hands to heaven, and honoured him with prayers in his behalf, and offered up sacrifices of thanksgiving for his victory, and splendidly feasted all those who had had a share in the expedition; rejoicing and sympathising with him as if the success had been his own, and in reality it did greatly concern him. For as the proverb says:—

"All that befalls from friends we common call."

And much more are all instances of good fortune common to those whose main object it is to please God.

Notes on the current edition

De Abrahamo

1.
1 τὸ] τὸν P; τὸ om. Arm ἀργαλεώτατον BEKHP εἰ om. Α
4 τῶ CKHP: τὸ ceteri
5 post ἠπόρει add. τε ΒΕΚ
7 ἐν ἀπόροις BEK Arm: καὶ ἐν ἀπόροις ceteri
8 ἐφίεται FGHP, ἐφίεται Κ, ἐφίηται ceteri
9 ξυναγαγὼν Κ
11 διανείμας ἑκατοντάρχας (om. εἰς) P τρισὶν ἐπιτάξεσιν BE
13 τῶν δικαίων Arm
14 ἐπέσπευδε CGMA τάχος Α καιροφυλακήσεως (sic) Κ
15 δεδειπνοποιημένοις BE: δεδειπνημένοις ceteri μέλλουσι τρέπεσθαι] τετραμμένοις Arm
16 ἱερεύεται BEK
17 τῷ om. G
19 πρὸ om. M
20 δ’ BE ἀνήγαγε BEK Arm: ἀνῆγε ceteri
21 ἵππων Κ, ἱππικὴν BE
22 παραλαβών HP ἱερεὺς BEK Arm: ἀρχιερεὺς ceteri

2.
13 sqq. cf. loseph. Ant. lud. Ι 176 Ἀβράμῳ δὲ ἀκούσαντι τὴν συμφορὰν αὐτῶν φόβος τε ἅμα περὶ Λώτου τοῦ συγγενοῦς εἰσῆλθε καὶ οἶκτος περὶ τῶν Σοδομιτῶν φίλων ὄντων καὶ γειτνιώντων. (177) καὶ βοηθεῖν αὐτοῖς δοκιμάσας οὐκ ἀνέμεινεν, ἀλλ’ ἐπειχθεὶς καὶ κατὰ πέμπτην ἐπιπεσὼν νύκτα . . . καὶ φθάσας, πρὶν ἐν ὅπλοις γενέσθαι, τοὺς μὲν ἐν ταῖς κοίταις ὄντας ἀπέκτεινε μηδ’ ἐπίνοιαν τῆς συμφορᾶς ἔχοντας, οἱ δὲ μήπω πρὸς ὕπνον τετραμμένοι μάχεσθαι δ’ ὑπὸ μέθης ἀδύνατοι ἔφυγον. Ἅβραμος δὲ διώκων εἵπετο . . . ἐπιδείξας ὅτι τὸ νικᾶν οὐκ ἐν τῷ πλήθει καὶ τῆ πολυχειρίᾳ κεῖσθαι συμβέβηκεν, ἀλλὰ προθυμία τῶν μαχομένων καὶ τὸ γενναῖον κρατεῖ παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ . . .

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 235

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