Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 113

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[113] τρίτου δὲ τοῦ
μηδ’ εἰς ἀριθμὸν ἐλθεῖν, ἐν στάχυσι καὶ δράγμασιν ἀδήλου καὶ ¹ ἀπεριγράφου τοῦ καρποῦ ὑπάρχοντος, ἵνα μὴ προαναπέσωσιν αἱ διάνοιαι τῶν ἐγχωρίων ἐν ταῖς ἀναλώσεσι τοῦ συλλογισθέντος, ἀλλ’ εὐθυμίᾳ χρώμενοι τῇ σιτίων ἀμείνονι τροφῇ—τρέφει γὰρ ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα ἐλπίς— ἐπικουφίζωσι τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἐνδείας βαρεῖαν νόσον· τετάρτου δὲ τοῦ καὶ
τοῖς θρέμμασι χιλὸν τεταμιεῦσθαι, τῶν ἀχύρων καὶ ἀθέρων ἐκ τῆς τοῦ καρποῦ καθάρσεως διακρινομένων.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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On the Life of a Man occupied with Affairs of State, or on Joseph First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 113 focus

[113] thirdly, in order to prevent any exact calculation of the quantity stored up, as, while the crop is in the ear and in the sheaf, it is of uncertain amount and not easily to be described; that so the hearts of the people of the land may not faint beforehand at the consumption of what has been treasured up, but may use with cheerfulness the nourishment of the corn which is thus provided for them, (for hope is of all things the most strengthening), and so may to a certain extent feel relief in the bitter disease of scarcity; fourthly, because in this way fodder may also be provided for the cattle, as the straw and the chaff derived from the threshing of the wheat will be of use to them in this way.

Notes on the current edition

De Josepho

1.
1 om. AVO
2 βεβαιότερον Α
3 ἀστάχυες Η
4 λιμοῦ καὶ ἀφορίας conicio ἐπιοῦσαι conicio
5 ἐφθαρμένοι Α ἀστάχυες Η
6 οὖν om. VO πρότερον AF
7 πλημύραις C
8 ὡς] ἦ K1, γρ. ὡς ss. Κ2
9 ἐναντία πάλιν ἑπταετία transp. VO; πάλιν ἐναντία ἑπταετία Mang.
10 μήτε C ἀνερχομένου Α
12 τοιαῦτα CBEKF, ταῦτα Α
13 ὑφηχεῖ C μοι transp. ante θεῖον Α τὸ θεῖον VOK: τι θεῖον ceteri τὰ CK: om. ceteri σωτηρία GH, σωτηρίαν AVOF 14.15 ἣν κατασκευαστέον ἀσθενῆ K1
15 τελέως AVO ἐκφύγῃ F1
16 post οἷς add. ἦν F 16.
17 τῶ πλεονάζειν V2O
17 δ’ ἴσως] δισσῶς BEMVO
18 πέμπτον om. G πόλεσι V2K
20 οἰκούντων codd.: ἐνοικούντων v συγκομίζειν codd.: συγκομιστέον v δὲ om. F
21 μήτ’ Α
22 post χρόνον add. φυλαττόμενον VOK2
23 τοῦ] τούτου C
21 μίμησις] ὑπόμνησις coni. Mang.
25 μέλλει V2O

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 113

ed. Leopold Cohn

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