Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 71

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[71] καὶ οἱ
¹² μὲν τεχνῖται πολλάκις ἄποροι καὶ ἄδοξοι κατεγήρασαν ἀτυχίαις ἐπαλλήλοις ἐναποθανόντες, τὰ δὲ τεχνιτευθέντα πορφύρᾳ καὶ χρυσῷ καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις πολυτελείαις, ἃς πλοῦτος χορηγεῖ, σεμνοποιεῖται καὶ θεραπεύεται, οὐ πρὸς ἐλευθέρων μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ εὐπατριδῶν καὶ τὸ σῶμα καλλίστων· ἱερέων
γὰρ καὶ τὸ γένος ἐξετάζεται μετὰ πάσης ἀκριβείας, εἰ ἀνεπίληπτον, καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τῶν τοῦ σώματος μερῶν, εἰ σύμπασα ὁλόκληρος.

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 71 focus

[71] and these artists have often grown old in poverty and obscurity, dying, worn out by incessant misfortunes, while the things which they have fabricated, are made splendid with purple, and gold, and all sorts of costly splendour which wealth can furnish, and are worshipped not only by freemen but even by men of noble birth, and of the greatest personal strength and beauty.

For the race of priests is scrutinised with the greatest rigour and minuteness, to see whether they are without blemish, and to see whether the whole combination of the parts of their bodies is entire and perfect;

Notes on the current edition

De decalogo

1.
1 τε καὶ κόσμου om. Richt.
2 πρόσπολοι F2H
3 πρὸ om. Turn. ἄρχοντος] ἄρχεται ’ σεμνύνοντες Η (Turn.) .3 φίλων F
6 εἶτ’] ἥτ᾿ F χειροτμήτων Μ 6.
7 πλαστικῆς καὶ ζωγραφίας M
7 ζωγραφικὴ Arm δημιουργοὶ M: δημιουργία Arm, καὶ δημιουργία ceteri; κακαὶ δημιουργοὶ coni. Mang. ἔβλαψαν M: ἔβλαψε ceteri τὸν βίον τὸν ἀνθρώπινον APFG: τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον H (Turn.), τὸν βίον τῶν ἀνθρώπων M
8 καταπλήσαντες M
10 τε FGH: δ’ M, τὰ AP, om. Arm σαλεύουσιν ὧδε κἀκεῖσε M: ὧδε κἀκεῖσε σαλεύουσι ceteri (v)
11 τὸν λιμένα AP μηδὲ καθορμίσασθαι M
12 ὀξυδερκεῖν APF, ε in ο corr. Η
13 τῶν om. M τοῦ om. APF 13.14 πεπηρωμένον A
15 δὲ M
18 οἱ] οἱ δὲ M U) καὶ MGH: κἂν APF Arm (Mang.)
22 ἄρα MA, ἄρ’ PFGH: om. v
23 ζωγράφους] γραφεῖς M ἐκτεθειακέναι M
25 alt. καὶ] καὶ γὰρ Arm

2.
19 Hom. H. P 32. Hesiodi Op. 218.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 71

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