Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 150

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[150] ὁ δὲ περὶ τὸν τράχηλον
χρυσοῦς κύκλος εὐδοξίαν ὁμοῦ καὶ κόλασιν ἔοικεν ὑποσημαίνειν· ἕως μὲν γὰρ τὰ κατὰ τὴν πολιτείαν εὐοδεῖ πράγματα αὐτῷ, γαῦρός ἐστι καὶ σεμνὸς ¹ ὑπὸ τῶν ὄχλων τιμώμενος· ἐπειδὰν δὲ πταῖσμα συμβῇ, μὴ κατὰ προαίρεσιν — τοῦτο γὰρ ὑπαίτιον —, ἀλλὰ τυχηρόν, ὅπερ ἐστὶ συγγνωστόν, οὐδὲν ἧττον ἕλκεται κάτω διὰ τοῦ περιαυχενίου κόσμου καὶ ταπεινοῦται, μόνον οὐκ ἐπιλέγοντος τοῦ δεσπότου· „τὸν περιαυχένιον τοῦτον κύκλον
ἐδωρησάμην σοι καὶ κόσμον κατορθουμένων τῶν ἐμῶν καὶ ἀγχόνην ἀποτυγχανομένων.“

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.) — 150 focus

[150] And the golden circlet round his neck appears to indicate figuratively both high reputation and punishment at the same moment. For as long as all the affairs which concern the administration of the state proceed prosperously as far as he is concerned, he is proud, and is looked upon with veneration, and is honoured by the multitudes. But the moment that any unforeseen mishap occurs to him, not indeed intended, for such error deserves reproach, but arising from pure chance, which always deserves pardon, he is not the less dragged downwards by the ornament around his neck, and is humbled, his master all but saying to him in plain words, "I, indeed, gave you this circlet to be around thy neck, to be both an ornament while my affairs were going on well, and a halter when they were proceeding unfavourably."

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De Josepho

1.
1 τοσοῦτον VO ἅπασι Κ
2 ἐγρηγόρσει CAVOK: ἐγρηγορῶσι F, ἐγρηγορόσι ceteri ἀκοιμήτῳ CK: ἀκοιμήτως ceteri
3 ἀπταίστους] ἀπαύστους L (Turn.)
5 εὐθυτενῶς Κ: εὐθυγενῶς CVO, εὐθυτενὲς Α, εὐθυγενὲς ceteri τὴν ψυχὴν V2O
6 παραπταίειν F, παραπαίειν Κ
7 ἀναγκαζόμενα CV1BEK1M: ἀναγκαζομένη ceteri 7.
8 ὑστερίζοντα CV1BEK1M: ὑστερίζουσα ceteri
8 οὐδὲ BEM καὶ] οὐ Α ἱκανὴ AV2K2H2
9 μέν σοι F δευτέριον C
10 λέγεται] δέχεται F εἰ δευτερία C φέρεται Κ, φέρει τοῦ V2O
11 βασιλείας Α alt. οὔτε] ἅτε A
12 ὢν otn. Α αὐτεξούσιον CBEK1M: αὐτεξουσίου ceteri
13 τῷ—χρώμενος] ἰδιώτου μὲν ὢν κρείττων repet. G πράττειν om. Α προείρηται A
14 ἀδολωτάτω Α δ’ CAVO ἁρματείου AV2O: ἁρματίου ceteri
15 ὄχλων] ὅλων Α εἰς om. F ὕψϊ F
16 νοῦν] ῥοῦν BEKM ἕκαστα om. Ο μικρά τε BEKMO καὶ om. M χωρήση Α
18 τε] δὲ Α (Mang.)
19 δεῖγμα om. FG ἐστι AFP ἣν] καὶ AFGHP βασιλικὸς F
20 καὶ AFGHP: καὶ ἵν ceteri βασιλικῶ ὄντι VOK2 περὶ] πρὸς Α
21 κύκλος] κλοιὸς coni. Mang.
22 τὴν om. P εὐοδεῖ BEKMVOP: εὐοδῇ C, εὐοδεῖται FGH1 (Mang.), εὐοδοῦται AH2 (Turn.) πράγματ’ F αὑτῶ Ο, αὐτῶν Η

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 150

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