Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 93

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[93] ἀκούσας. 18 ὁ δ’ ἀρχισιτοποιὸς p. 55 M. ἀποδεξάμενος τὴν διάκρισιν, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς εὐτυχὲς ὄναρ ἰδών — ἦν δ’ οὐ μετρίως παλίμφημον —, ἀπατηθεὶς ταῖς ἑτέρου χρησταῖς ἐλπίσι φησίν· „ἀλλὰ κἀγὼ κανηφορεῖν ¹ ἔδοξα καὶ τρία πλήρη κανᾶ πεμμάτων κομίζειν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς, τὸ δ’ ἀνωτάτω πλῆρες εἶναι παντοίων γενῶν, οἷς ἔθος ἐστὶ χρῆσθαι τὸν βασιλέα — ποικίλας δ’ εἶναι τὰς πρὸς δίαιταν βασιλικὴν σιτοπόνων περιεργίας —, ὄρνεις δὲ καθιπταμένους ἁρπάζειν ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ ἀπλήστως ἐμφορεῖσθαι,
μέχρις οὗ πάντ’ ἀναλῶσαι καὶ μηδὲν τῶν εὐτρεπισθέντων ὑπολιπέσθαι.“

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 93 focus

And the chief baker, gladly receiving this interpretation, and rejoicing in the idea that he too had seen a favourable dream (though his dream was of a very contrary character), being deceived by the fair hopes which were held out to the other, spoke as follows:— "And I, too, fancied that I was carrying a basket, and that I was holding three baskets full of cakes upon my head. And the upper basket was full of all sorts of cakes which the king was accustomed to eat; and there were in it confections and delicacies of all kinds imaginable for the king’s food: and the birds flew down and took them from off my head, and devoured them insatiably till they had eaten them all up; and none of the things which I had so skilfully prepared were left."

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De Josepho

1.
1 δὲ CA: δ’ ceteri ἀρτοσιτοποιός (sic) F ἐν] ἐφ’ VO
3 ἢν] ἧ CAV2K2O οἶόν τε BEF, οἷόν τ᾿ A, εἰ οἷόν τε CVOK ἦν Α, ἢν F, ᾖ om. ΒΕΜ
4 ἐργάσασθαι CK1, ἀπεργάσηται VOK2 ἑαυτὸν corr. ex ἑαυτῶ F α γ εὐνούχους β
5 ἐπιὼν] ἐπὶ F
6 γέμοντας τοὺς δεσμώτας μᾶλλον ἢ πρότερον Κ εὐνούχους corr. ex δεσμώτας Ο
7 σφόδρα ΒEKVO προπεπτωκέναι G ἐπυνθάνετο τὴν αἰτίαν om. M
8 ἀποκριναμένων CABEKM: ἀποκρινομένων ceteri καὶ ἄσης F ἄσης] πάσης VO καὶ om. VO, ἄσης καὶ om. Α ἀδημονίας] ἀθυμίας A
9 διακρίνοντος Α
10 βουλεύεται AF
11 πρότερον CAVO
12 ἔδοξε BEM εἰς ἓν F, ἓν om. BEMHP1
13 βοτρυοφοροῦσαν MAHO ὡς om. Α
14 ὑπερπερκαζούσης Α
15 εἰς] ὡς G καὶ ante ὅπερ add. F 15.
16 ἔχον ἱκανῶς ἀκράτου τῶ βασιλεῖ προσενεγκεῖν Κ
16 σοι om. Α
19 ὁ βασιλεὺς om. PH1, add. mg. P2
20 δὲ CA: δὲ καὶ ceteri
21 ταῦτα CK
22 δὲ CVO ὡς] ὃς BEMG
23 καὶ om. A εὐτυχές] ἔτυχεν CBEM
24 ἑταίρου Α ἐλπίσι χρησταῖς transp. Α

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 93

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