Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 113

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[113] οἷς δεόντως ἂν εἴποιμι· τὰ θηρία πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἡμεροῦσθαι δεῖ· καὶ πολλάκις ἔγνων ἡμερωθέντας λέοντας, ἄρκτους, p. 200 M. παρδάλεις, οὐ μόνον πρὸς τοὺς τρέφοντας διὰ τὴν ¹ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις χάριν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, ἕνεκά μοι δοκῶ τῆς πρὸς ἐκείνους ὁμοιότητος· καλὸν γὰρ ἀεὶ τῷ κρείττονι τὸ χεῖρον ἀκολουθεῖν διὰ βελτιώσεως ἐλπίδα.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Decalogo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor.Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 113 focus

[113] to whom I might say, with perfect propriety, that wild beasts even must be made tame towards men; and, indeed, I have frequently known instances of lions being domesticated, and bears and leopards, and made gentle, not only to those who feed them, by reason of their gratitude for necessaries, but also to others, on account, in my opinion, of their resemblance to their feeders.

For it is always well that what is worse should follow what is better, from a hope of deriving improvement;

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De decalogo

1.
1 ἀξιοῦντες] ἐξισοῦντες Η
2 ἑκάτεροι δὲ ἡμιτελεῖς conicio
3 μήτε N
4 ἐπὶ] ἐν M δὲ MN
5 μήτε M 5.
6 μεταβεβηκέναι APH Arm (prob. Mang.)
6 ἂν om. AP, ss. P2 θηρίων APFN: τῶν θηρίων MG, τὴν τῶν θηρίων Η (Turn.) ; τὴν θηρίων Mang.
7 πρωτεῖα] πρεσβεῖα Arm καὶ τῆς] τῆς τε Nicet.
8 δυσὶν M δυσὶ Nicet.): δυσὶν corr. ex δυοῖν H, δυοῖν APGN, δυεῖν F οὖν om. Nicet. δικαστηρίοιν FGN
9 ἐστὶν ἐν M Nicet.: ἐστὶ (cm. ἐν) FGHN, εἰσὶ (om. ἐν) AP ἀγνοείτωσαν M Arm Nicet.: ἀγνοούμενα ἴστωσαν ceteri (Turn.)
10 θείῳ] θεῷ Arm διότι] ὅτι Nicet. τοῦ om. Nicet. προαγαγόντας MGN mg. P2 Nicet.
1 1 θεῶ H δὲ AP Nicet.
12 κατὰ M Nicet. ἀνθρώπους] αὐτούς AP
13 παρασχομένων M Barocc: παρεσχημένων ceteri ὀλιγωροῦντα Γ’
14 ἄν om. MFN Karocc. 14.
15 γεννῆσαι F
15 σπείροντας Barocc. 15.16 χαρισαμένης] χάρισαι μίαν N
17 μὴ G: μηδὲ ceteri (v), γε Nicet. τὰ πάντα H1mg.P2 ἔχοντες Arm : μέλλοντες codd. (v)
18 θελήσουσιν N
19 ἀνθρώπους Christophorson (Mang.): ἀνθρώπων codd. Arm δεῖ] δοκεῖ FN; δεῖ seclusit Christopborson, οἴδα coni. Mang.
20 ἄρκους M παρδάλεις, ἄρκτους transp. Arm
7 —
18 Nicetae Serrani Gatena in Lucam (cod. Vat. 1611 fol. 246v): οἱ οὖν γονέων ἀλογοῦντες — ἐθελήσουσιν. 7.
8 Anton. Mel. II
12 Col. 1049 Φίλωνος: οἱ γονέων ἀλογοῦντες ἑκατέρας μερίδος εἰσὶν ἐχθροί, καὶ τῆς πρὸς θεὸν καὶ τῆς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους. 12—
16 Mel. Barocc. fol. 235v Φίλωνος): τίνα ἕτερον— οὐ δυνάμενον.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 113

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