Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 43

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[43] τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐφεῖται μετὰ τὴν τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην ἡλικίαν πόρναις καὶ χαμαιτύπαις καὶ ταῖς ὅσαι μισθαρνοῦσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς σώμασι μετὰ πολλῆς ἀδείας χρῆσθαι, παρ’ ἡμῖν δὲ οὐδ’ ἑταίρᾳ ζῆν ἔξεστιν (Deut. 23, 17), ἀλλὰ κατὰ τῆς ἑταιρούσης ὥρισται δίκη θάνατος.
πρὸ δὴ συνόδων νομίμων ὁμιλίαν ἑτέρας γυναικὸς οὐκ ἴσμεν, ἀλλ’ ἁγνοὶ γάμων ἁγναῖς παρθένοις προσερχόμεθα προτεθειμένοι τέλος οὐχ ἡδονὴν ¹² ἀλλὰ γνησίων παίδων σποράν.

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.) — 43 focus

[43] in other nations the youths are permitted, after they are fourteen years of age, to use concubines and prostitutes, and women who make gain by their persons, without restraint. But among us a harlot is not allowed even to live, but death is appointed as a punishment for any one who adopts such a way of life. Therefore, before our lawful marriage we know nothing of any connection with any other woman, but, without ever having experienced any similar cohabitation, we approach our virgin brides as pure as themselves, proposing as the end of our marriage not pleasure but the offspring of legitimate children.

Notes on the current edition

De Josepho

1.
2 ὁ μὲν γὰρ AV1, μὲν expunxit V2
3 κολασσιέα (sic) ἔργα κατασκευάσῃ D καὶ ante ὀλίγα add. Α
5 δ’ Α οἰκονομίαν C (Turn.)
6 ἀκόλαστον Α τῆς γὰρ εὐμορφίας CV1K, τὴν γὰρ εὐμορφίαν HP
7 τῶ νεανίσκω corr. C περὶ] ἐπὶ Α, om. F τῶ πάθει F λυττῶσα περὶ τὸ πάθος transp. G
8 λόγους om. BEM ἐναντιουμένῳ om. Α μηδὲ C
9 ὑπομένοντα Κ ἐνυπάρξασαν AFGHP: ὑπάρξασαν ceteri
10 δὲ om. Α post δὲ add. καὶ AFGHP
11 δὲ CAVO
12 προσπαθοῦσα F2HP: προπαθοῦσα AF1G, πρὸ πάθους CV1BEKM, πρὸς πάθος V2O; πρὸ πειθοῦς coni. Mang.
13 ἐπεσπᾶτο VO
14 ἀσθενεστέρους FHP νευροῦν εἴωθεν transp. Κ εὐκαιρίας F
15 δυνατώτερος γενόμενος transp. Α ἐλευθερίας HP, ἐλευθέρας CAFG βῆξαι BEM, ῥῆξαι λέγεται Κ, ῥήξας VO φωνὰς ἔρρηξε transp. Α
16 λέγει V2 νομίμοις AFGP mg. H: νόμοις ceteri χρώμεθ᾿ CVOK ὑμεῖς Κ
17 τοῖς δ’ ἄλλοις FGHP, τοῖς ἄλλοις δ’ Α
18 καὶ pr. om. F χαμετύπαις Α, χαμαιτύπαις Η, χαμαιτύποις VOF(v) ταῖς AFGHP: om. ceteri 18.
19 τῶ σώματι Κ
19 κεχρῆσθαι Α οὐδὲ ἑτέρα V1, οὐδετέρα G ζῆν Α: om. ceteri
20 κατὰ] καὶ AF θάνατος AFGHP: θανάτου ceteri
21 πρὸ] παρ’ ὃ F ἑταίρας BEM ἀλλὰ CA
22 συνερχόμεθα F

2.
16 sqq. cf. Ambros. Epist. I 220.

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 43

ed. Leopold Cohn

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