Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 23

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[23] εἶθ’ ὥσπερ τινὰ πηγὴν δακρύων ἐξαίφνης ἀνιεὶς μετ’ οἰμωγῆς πικρᾶς παρειὰς καὶ γένεια καὶ στέρνα κατένιπτε καὶ τὰς περὶ αὑτὸν ἐσθῆτας ἅμα τοιαῦτ’ ἐπιλέγων· „οὐχ ὁ θάνατός
με λυπεῖ, τέκνον, ἀλλ’ ὁ τούτου τρόπος· εἰ ἐπὶ γῆς ἐτάφης τῆς σῆς, παρηγορούμην, ἐθεράπευσα, ἐνοσήλευσα πρότερον, ἀποθνῄσκοντι τελευταίων ἀσπασμῶν ἐκοινώνησα, τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς συνέκλεισα, ἐπεδάκρυσα κειμένῳ τῷ νεκρῷ, πολυτελῶς ἐκήδευσα, τῶν νομιζομένων οὐδὲν παρέλιπον.

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 23 focus

[23] then suddenly pouring forth as it were a stream of tears with bitter lamentations, he bedewed his cheeks, and his chin, and his breast, and all the garments on his chest, saying at the same time such words as these, "It is not thy death that grieves me, O my son, but such a tomb as has fallen to your lot; for if you had been buried in your own land I should have been comforted; I would have cherished you, I would have tended you in sickness if you had died before me, I would have given you my last embrace, I would have closed your eyes, I would have wept over your dead body lying before me, I would have buried you sumptuously, I would have omitted none of the customary observances.

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 23

ed. Leopold Cohn

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Stable identifiers