Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 114

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[114] τρίτον δὲ ἐλεεῖ τὴν αἰχμάλωτον,
εἰ μὲν παρθένος ἐστίν, ὅτι γονεῖς οὐκ ἐγγυῶσι τὴν εὐκταιοτάτην ἁρμοζόμενοι σύνοδον, εἰ δὲ χήρα, διότι τοῦ κουριδίου στερομένη πεῖραν ἑτέρου μελλήσει λαβεῖν, καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐπανατειναμένου τὸν δεσποτικὸν φόβον, κἂν ἰσότητα ἐπιτηδεύῃ· τὸ γὰρ ὑπακοῦον ἀεὶ τὴν τοῦ κρατοῦντος, κἂν ἡμερώτερον ᾖ, δέδιεν ἰσχύν.

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.) — 114 focus

[114] And, in the third place, he shows his compassion for the captive, if she is a virgin, because it is not her parents who are now giving her in marriage, arranging for her a most desirable connection; and if she is a widow, because she, being deprived of her first husband, is about now to make experiment of another, and this too while he still holds over her the power of a master, even though he studies to exhibit equality; for that which is subject to a master must always be apprehensive of his power, even though he may be very merciful.

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