Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 75

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[75] ἀλλ’ ἔγωγε νομίζω ταῦτα ἀκούοντας οὐχ ὡς ἐπ’ εὐχαῖς ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐπὶ κατάραις ἀγανακτήσειν καὶ τρέψεσθαι ¹ πρὸς λοιδορίας ἄμυναν ἀντικατηγοροῦντας· ὃ μέγιστον ἂν εἴη τεκμήριον τῆς ἐπιπολαζούσης ἀσεβείας ἀνθρώπων θεοὺς νομιζόντων, οἷς ὅμοιοί

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.) — 75 focus

[75] But I think that when they hear these things, they will be indignant, as if they were listening not to prayers, but to curses, and that they will take refuge in such defence as chance may furnish them with, bringing retaliatory accusations; which may be the greatest proof of the manifest and undesirable impiety of those men, who look upon those beings as gods, to whom they themselves would never wish to have their own natures assimilated.

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De decalogo

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1 ἄδοξοι καὶ ἄποροι transp. M κατεγήρασαν F2, κατερράγησαν F1
3 καὶ θεραπεύεται M: θεραπεύεταί τε ceteri (v)
4 ἱερέων codd.: ἱερέως Turn.
5 καὶ M Arm: om. ceteri (Turn.) ἀκριβείας] εὐσεβείας M εἰ] εἰς G
6 σώματος] σύμπαντος Α
7 χαλεπόν M
8 ἑαυτῶν M: αὐτῶν AFGH (v), αὐτὸν P
9 ἑκατέρας AP
10 βούλοιντο] ἐβούλοντο M (Mang.) οὖν M ἄκμωνας M
11 τἆλλα FG, τἄλλα H
12 τοὺς MAP: τούτους FGH (Turn.)
13 εὐχῶν] ἀρχῶν G, γρ. καὶ εὐχῶν mg. G
14 οὖν om. M Arm καὶ om. Η (Turn.)
16 μήτε ἀναπνέοντες M: μὴ ἀναπνέοντες ceteri (Turn)
17 στόματι — γευόμενοι om. M 17.
18 μὴ λαμβάνοντες M
18 μήτε δρῶντες om Arm μηδ’] μήτ’ M
19 μερῶν] μελῶν coni. Mang. τῷ om. G
20 τὸν] τῶν APG
21 ἀεὶ MH: αἰεὶ APFG β' καπνῶν AP: τοῦ . . . καπνοῦ coui. Mang. σπῶντες καπνῶν Α μόνον τοῦτ’ ἀγαθὸν M : τοῦτο ἀγαθὸν μόνον ceteri
22 προσαναπλάττετε APG : προσαναπλάττεται MFH Arm (v) ταῦτ’ AP
23 ἀγανακτήσει M τρέψεσθαι Turn. (v): τρίψασθαι codd.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 75

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