Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 188

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[188] ὁ δὲ πρεσβύτατος „εἰς ὁμηρείαν“ ἔφη "σοὶ δύο υἱοὺς δίδωμι, οὓς καὶ μόνους ἐγέννησα· ¹ τούτους ἀπόκτεινον, ἐὰν μὴ σῷον ἀποδῶ τὸν ἐγχειρισθησόμενον ἀδελφόν, ὃς ἀφικόμενος εἰς Αἴγυπτον δύο περιποιήσει τὰ μέγιστα ἡμῖν, ἓν μὲν πίστιν σαφῆ τοῦ μὴ κατασκόπους μηδὲ πολεμίους εἶναι, ἕτερον δὲ τὸ τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐν δεσμοῖς ἀπολαβεῖν δυνηθῆναι.“

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.) — 188 focus

[188] But the eldest replied, "I give you my two sons as hostages, the only children that I have, slay them if I bring not back again to you, safe and sound, the brother whom you entrust to my hand, and who, by his visit to Egypt, will effect two things of the greatest importance for us; first, he will give a most evident proof that we are not spies and enemies; and, secondly, he will enable us to recover our brother, whom we have left in captivity."

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De Josepho

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1 μηνύματος καὶ add. ante διηγήματος F ἡμῶν AO
2 σιτωνίᾳ AO, σιτωνεία P τὸν] τῶν V, om. F ὡς om. ΑΗ
3 ἀπαλλάξαι] ἀπελάσαι coni. Mang. σου] σε V μείζονα om. V φόβων V δὲ CVA
5 ἀπολογούμενοι et διεξιόντες (6) scribendum videtur δ’ BEM, δὲ καὶ AOG, καὶ F
6 ὁ om. AOFGHP καὶ om. AOFGHP
7 pr. τοῦ om. AO alt. τοῦ om. AO σοὶ] σοῦ BEM
8 ἔτι νέον ὄντα om. V οἴκοι scripsi: οἴκαδε codd. μεῖναι AO πάντ’ AP
9 ἀπανίσχοντες F γυμνοῦντες BEK1M εὐγενείας V
10 ἂν om. AO ὁμολογίας] ἀπολογίας conicio
11 ὡς αὐτὴν O, ἕως αὐτοῦ Α
12 κατασχηκέναι BE; κατέσχηκε coni. Wendl. ῥύσειον C
13 ἀνιαρότατον VF: ἀνιαρώτατον CGP, ἀνιαρώτερον AO, ἀνιαρότερον ceteri
14 πιστέον FH1P τὰ ἐπιτήδεια CVAO τῆς αἰγύπτου AP2
15 βαρύτατα AO, βαρύτερον Η
16 πρότερον AO εἶπε post ὀλοφύρωμαι transp. VG (ss. Κ2), om. 1 ὀλοφύρωμαι EVFG: ὀλοφύρομαι ceteri (v)
17 πρῶτον F συμφορῶν] συμφερόντων CBEM δευτερεῖα] βαρύτερα coni. Mang.
18 ἤρξατο F
19 ἀφίξεται om. F ἄρ’ Α
20 συμφορηθείς V2K2 μέρη καὶ μέλη CVFG διαιτώμενος F
23 εἰς ὁμηρείαν] ἰσομοιρίαν FGHP δίδωμι οὑς om. FGHP

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 188

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