Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 114

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[114] νυνὶ δ’ ἀναγκασθήσομαι τἀναντία λέγειν· μιμηταὶ θηρίων ἐνίων, ἄνθρωποι, γίνεσθε. τοὺς ὠφεληκότας
ἀντωφελεῖν ἐκεῖνα οἶδε καὶ πεπαίδευται· κύνες οἰκουροὶ προασπίζουσι καὶ προαποθνῄσκουσι τῶν δεσποτῶν, ὅταν κίνδυνός τις ἐξαπιναίως καταλάβῃ· τοὺς δ’ ἐν ταῖς ποίμναις φασὶ προαγωνιζομένους τῶν θρεμμάτων ἄχρι νίκης ἢ θανάτου παραμένειν ὑπὲρ τοῦ διατηρῆσαι τοὺς ἀγελάρχας ἀζημίους.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 114 focus

[114] but in this case I shall be constrained to use an entirely opposite language. You who are men, are imitators of some wild beasts. Even the beasts have learnt and know how to requite with service those who have done them service. Dogs who keep the house will defend their masters, and encounter death for their sakes when any danger suddenly overtakes them. And they say that the dogs employed among flocks of sheep will fight on behalf of the flocks, and endure till they either obtain the victory or meet with death, for the sake of protecting the shepherds themselves from injury.

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