Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 109

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[109] 14 Ταῦτα μὲν ὑπὲρ τῶν ὑποδεξαμένων [πρὸς] τοὺς μετοίκους νομοθετεῖ· χρηστὰ δ’ ἕτερα καὶ μεστὰ ἡμερότητος ὑπὲρ πολεμίων. ἀξιοῖ γὰρ αὐτούς, κἂν ἐπὶ θύραις ὦσιν ἤδη τοῖς τείχεσιν ἐφεστῶτες ἐν
ταῖς πανοπλίαις καὶ τὰς ἑλεπόλεις ἐφιστάντες, μήπω νομίζεσθαι πολεμίους, ἄχρις ἂν αὐτοὺς ἐπικηρυκευσάμενοι προκαλέσωνται πρὸς εἰρήνην, ἵν’ εἰ μὲν ἐνδοῖεν, τὸ μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν εὕροιεν, φιλίαν, εἰ δὲ ἀπειθέστερον ¹² ἐναντιοῖντο, συμμαχίαν τὴν τοῦ δικαίου προσειληφότες ἐλπίδι νίκης ἐπίωσι πρὸς ἄμυναν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Virtutibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 109 focus

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These, then, are the ordinances which he enacts for the sojourners in respect of those who have received them into their land, and he also establishes other merciful laws, full of gentleness and humanity, on behalf even of enemies;" ¹ for he thinks it right with respect to them, even if they are at the gates, and standing under the very walls ready to attack them in their complete armour, and raising their warlike engines against them, that they shall, nevertheless, not be accounted enemies until the citizens have sent heralds to them and invited them to peace, that so, if they will yield, they may find that greatest of all blessings, namely, friendship; but if they are uncomplying and refuse, then the citizens, having also gained the alliance and co-operation of justice, might go to repel them with a good hope of victory.

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De virtutibus

1.
1 pr. γοῦν] γὰρ F ἔχωσι CG
2 alt. γοῦν S (Clem. Al.): οὖν ceteri (v) φασιν F
1 2 ὅτι πάροικος ἐγένου κατ’ αίγυπτον add. mg S (Clem. Α1.)-. om. ceteri (Turu.) κατ’ Αἴγυπτον] ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Mang.
3 παρέλιπον οἱ αἰγὐπτιοι S: αἰγὐπτιοι παρέλιπον ceteri (v) 3.
4 προσέτριψαν G 1, προσέτριψαν τῶ F, προσέτριψαν τά HP
4 συνυφαίνοντες,S: ἐξυφαίνοντες CG
1 (v), ἐξυφήναντες AG
2 HP, ἐξυφαίνειν F
5 ὅμως om. S ἐπειδὴ S: ἐπεὶ ceteri (v) ἐδέξαντο] ἐξέλιπον Α ὅστε τἀς πόλεις οὔτε (om. οὐκ ἀποκλείσαντες) S 5.
6 ἀποκλίναντες G 2
6 τοῖς om. F ἥκουσι S 1, οἰκοῦσι S
2 7 προνομίαν φησὶ S: φησὶ προνομίαν ceteri (v) κὰν] καὶ FH οἵτινες H 7.
8 εἴ τις ἐθέλοιεν (sic) S
8 μεταλλάξασθαι S: μετατάξασθαι ceteri (v) τὴν ora. F
9 οὕτως SCG 2: οὕτω ceteri προσεκτέον CG
2 AF: προσιτέον S, προσενεκτἐον G
1 HP (v)
10 τρίτην γενεάν AF: τρίτη γενεᾶ ceteri (v) τε S: om. ceteri (v) 10.
11 θείων λόγων transp. Η (v)
11 καὶ post θέμις add. S: om. ceteri (v)
12 ἀποδεξαμένων Α πρός seclusit Mang.
13 tit. ὑπέρ πολεμίων add. S mg G 2 πολεμίων S: τῶν πολεμίων ceteri (v)
15 τὰς ἑλεπόλεις ἐφιστάντες S: ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐφιστάντες CG
2 FHF (Turn.), ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐπιστάντες A, ταῖς (πόλεσιν om. in lac.) ἐπιστάντες G
1 μήπως C
16 προκαλέσωνται S: προσκαλέσωνται ceteri (Turn.)
17 ἐνδοῖεν, τὸ] ἐνδοίοιντο S δ’ G
2 ἀπαθέστερον S
1 ut vid., ἀπειθέστερον corr. S 2; ἀφειδέστεοον coni. Wendl.

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14 sqq. Deut. 20,10 sqq. cf. loseph. Ant. lud. IV § 296.297. 14—16 pergit Clew. Al.ex. l. l. τούς τε πολεμίους, κά ἤδη τοῖς τείχεσιν ἐφεστῶτες ὦσιν ἑλεῖν τὴν πόλιν πειρώμενοι, μήπω νομίζεσθαι πολεμίους, ἄχρις ἂν αὐτοὺς ἐπικηρυκευσάρενοι τρο[σ]καλἐσωνται πρὸς εἰρήνην.

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