Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 117

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[117] καὶ οἱ μὲν ἀξίω τῆς ἡλικίας ἠρεμοῦντες ἐν ἀφθονίᾳ διατελοῦσι τῇ πάσῃ τρυφῶντες, οἱ δὲ τὰς εἰς τὸν πορισμὸν κακοπαθείας ἐπελαφριζόμενοι τῷ εὐσεβεῖν καὶ τῷ προσδοκᾶν ἐν γήρᾳ τὰ αὐτὰ πείσεσθαι ¹² ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκγόνων ἀναγκαῖον ὄφλημα ἀντεκτίνουσιν, ἐν καιρῷ καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸ καὶ ἀνταποδιδόντες, ὅτ’ οὐδέτεροι τρέφειν αὑτοὺς δύνανται, παῖδες μὲν ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς γενέσεως, γονεῖς δ’ ἐπὶ τελευτῇ τοῦ βίου· ὅθεν αὐτοδιδάκτῳ τῇ φύσει νεοττοτροφηθέντες γηροτροφοῦσι χαίροντες.

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.) — 117 focus

[117] And so they, living in a tranquillity worthy of their time of life, enjoy all abundance, and pass their old age in luxury; while their children make light of all the hardships they undergo to furnish them with the means of support, under the influence both of piety and also of the expectation that they also in their old age will receive the same treatment from their descendants; and so they now discharge the indispensable debt which they owe their parents, knowing that in proper time, they will themselves receive what they are now bestowing. And there are also others who are unable to support themselves, for children are no more able to do so at the commencement of their existence, than their parents are at the end of their lives. On which account the children, having while young been fed in accordance with the spontaneous promptings of nature, now with joy do in return support the old age of their parents.

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De decalogo

1.
1 χάριν] χρείαν M
2 δοκεῖ Α ἀεὶ M: αἰεὶ ceteri
3 ἐλπίδα om. Arrn δὲ M
4 ἐνίων] ἔνιοι τῶν M γένεσθε MGH, γίνεσθαι Arm
5 πεπαίδευται AFN: πεπαίδευνται PGH, παιδεύεται M οἰκουροὶ M Arm : οἴκου ceteri Vind. (Turn.)
6 καὶ προαποθνῄσκουσι om. FN ἐξαπιναίως om. AP (add. mg. P2), ἐξαπηναῖος Vind.
7 καταλάβη FN Vind.: καταλάβοι ceteri (Mang.) φασὶ M: φασὶ καὶ ceteri Vind.
8 νίκης ἢ M: om. ceteri Vind.
9 ἀγελάρχους FN, ἀρχαγγέλους Vind. αἰσχρῶν] αἰσχρόν Vind.
10 θρασυτάτου] ἀγριωτάτου M
11 ζῷον om. M
12 αὐτοῖς Vind. 12.
13 μαθησόμεθα N Arm
13 νεοττίαις MAPF Vind.
14 ὀλίγω AP Vind.
15 ἐπιποτώμενοι MAPG: ἐπιπετόμενοι corr. ex ἐπιποτώμενοι Η, επιπετόμενοι Vind. Nicet., ἐφιπτάμενοι FN 15.
16 τἀπιτήδεια FGN
16 ἠρεμοῦντες Η, ἡμεροῦντες Arm 16.
17 ἐν ἀφθονία πάση διατελοῦσιν Nicet.
17 τὰς] τὰ F εἰς] πρὸς M τὸν om. G κακοπαθείας] κακίας Nicet. 17.
18 ἐπελαφρίζοντες conicio (sic Arm)

2. 2.3 DR fol. 260v Anton. Mel. II
35 Col. 1093 Φίλωνος lo. Georgides p. 49,3 sine lemmate: καλὸν ἀεὶ τῷ κρείττονι τὸ χεῖρον ἀκολουθεῖν διὰ βελτιώσεως ἐλπίδα 5— 296,15 Vindob. hist. gr.
67 fol. 56v: κύνες οἴκου — γηροτροφοῦσι (29(3,4) τοὺς ἑαυτῶν γονεῖς ἐπεσχάτων. ἀρ’ οὐκ ἄξιον ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐγκαλύπτεσθαι ἡμᾶς καὶ κακίζειν ἑαυτούς, ὅσοι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν τόκοις (sic) ὑπερορῶσι λιμῷ καὶ αὐχμῷ καἰ τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῦ βίου κακοῖς οι περιεστιϊχισμένους (sic) ; καὶ γὰρ θεοῦ ὑπηρέται εἰσὶ πρὸς τέκνων σπορὰν (296,12) — ἐν τῷ ζῳοπλαστεῖν. 13— 296,18 pergit Nicetas 1. 1.: ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀλόγου φύσεως ἐν χαρίτων ἀμοιβαῖς ἀγνωμονέστεροι φαίνονται. τῶν γὰρ πελαργῶν — τοσαῦτα καὶ περὶ γονέων τιμῆς ἐφιλοσόφησεν.
13 sqq. cf. Aristoph. Av. 1353 — 1357. Arist. Hist. anim. IX
13 p. 615b 23. Zenob. Paris. I
94 ibique Leutschii adnot.

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