Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 124

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[124] κἂν ἐκ τριγονίας μέν, p. 396 M.
φησί, δοῦλος ἑτέρου φόβῳ δεσποτικῶν ἀπειλῶν ἢ συνειδήσει τινῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἢ μηδὲν ἠδικηκώς, ἀμειλίκτῳ καὶ ὠμοθύμῳ χρώμενος ἄλλως δεσπότῃ, πρὸς σὲ καταφύγῃ τευξόμενος ἐπικουρίας, μὴ περιίδῃς· ἐκδιδόναι γὰρ ἱκέτας οὐχ ὅσιον, ἱκέτης δὲ καὶ ὁ δοῦλος ὥσπερ εἰς ἱερὸν τὴν σὴν ἑστίαν καταπεφευγώς, ἐν ᾗ δίκαιόν ἐστιν ἀσυλίας τυγχάνειν,
μάλιστα μὲν εἰς ἀδόλους ἐλθὼν καταλλαγὰς τὰς χωρὶς ἐνέδρας, ¹² εἰ δὲ μή, τὸ γοῦν πανύστατον πραθείς· ἀλλαγαὶ γὰρ αἱ τῶν δεσποτῶν ἄδηλον ὅπου τὴν ῥοπὴν ἕξουσι, τοῦ δ’ ὁμολογουμένου κουφότερον τὸ ἄδηλον κακόν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 124 focus

[124] "And if," the lawgiver proceeds to say, "one who has been a slave of another for three generations, from fear of the threats of his master, or from a consciousness of having committed some offence, or, if he has committed no offence at all but has a savage and inhuman master, flees for refuge to some one else, in the hope to obtain assistance from him, do not reject him; for it is not consistent with holiness to abandon a suppliant, and even a slave is a suppliant, inasmuch as he has taken refuge on thy hearth, where it is fitting that he should find an asylum, especially if without any guile he has come to offer honest service. And if he cannot obtain this protection, at all events let him be sold to some one else; for it is uncertain what may be the effect of his change of masters, and an uncertain evil is easier to bear than a confessed one."

Notes on the current edition

De virtutibus

1.
1 ἐκ γένους S: εὐγενοῦς ceteri (v) διακονίας] δουλείας Α
2 τύχης] ψυχῆς S
3 ἐφημερίας S, ἡμερινῶν Α προσβολῆς SA: προβολῆς ΗP, περιβολῆς CG
2 (v), παραβολῆς F (prob. Mang.), δουλείας G
1 4 ἡ] εἰ S βιαστικώτερον F
5 τούτοις τὴν S: om. ceteri (v)
6 εἰσάπαν aate ἐκκεχειρίαν (5) transp. Α οὐ om. F κομισομένοις S
7 ἢ τρόπον S: ἢ τοῖς τρόπον G 1, πρὸ τῶν, πρός τὸν ceteri (Turn.) ἕτερον] πρότερον Α κτησαμένοις] χρησαμένων Α
8 ἐξαρκεῖ codd.: ἀρκεῖ v ἑξαετίας Α, ἑξαετής G
1 οἱ δὲ μὴ γένει δοῦλοι S: οἴ τε μὴν δοῦλοι F, οἵ γε μὴν δοῦλοι ceteri (v)
9 χρηστῆς ἐλπίδος S: χρηστῆς CG 2 χρηστῶν ceteri (v) εἰς ἅπαν μὴ trausp. G’ ἤτωσαν S (ἴτωσαν scripsi): ἰἐτωσαν ceteri (v)
10 ἐστέρηντο SA : ἐστέρηνται ceteri (v) κὰν] καὶ AHP, καὶ εἰ G
1 ἐκ τριγονίας om. in lac. G
1 τριγωνίας G 2, τριγενείας S μέν om. C
11 δεσποτικῷ G
2 12 ἢ add. SG 1: om. ceteri (Turn.) καὶ ὠμοθύμῳ S: om. ceteri (Turn.)
13 ἄλλω S, ἀλλ’ ὡς G
2 HP πρὸς σὲ καταφύγῃ scripsi: προσκαταφὐγη S, καταφυγὴ χρῆται ceteri (v) τευξόμενος S: ὡς τευξόμενος CG
2 (v), προστευξόμενος ceteri περιΐδης S: περίͅδητε ceteri (v)
14 ἐκδιδόναι S (Clem. Α1.): προδιδόμεναι G 2, προδιδόναι ceteri (v) οἰκέτας G
1 G
2 HP 14.
15 ὥσπερ εἰς ἱερὰν G
1 (ἑερὀν recte coni. Mang.): ὥσπερ ὡς ἱερῶ S, ὥσπερ εἰς AFHP (v), ὥσπερ G 2, ὡς πρὸς C
15 τὴν σὴν ἑστίαν SCG
1 G 2: σὴν ἑστίαν AHP (Turn.), τὴν ἑστίαν F (Mang.) δίκαιος coni. Wendl.
16 ἀδόλους] ἀλόγους S ἐλθὼν καταλλαγάς S : καταλλαγὰς ἐλθόντα ceteri (v) τ̀ς S : om. ceteri (v) κωρὶς ἐνέδρας om. G 1

2.
10 sqq.Deut. 23,15. 16.
14 pergit Clem. Alex. l. I. ἀλλά καὶ ἱκέτας ἐκδιδόναι εἰ κόλασιν κωλύει.

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