Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 142

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[142] ἐπαποδύεται δὲ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἐπαγωνίζεται πολύγονος ὢν ἀρετῆς καί τινι εὐτροπίᾳ χρώμενος πρὸς τὰς καλὰς ὑφηγήσεις· κελεύσας
γάρ, πρὶν ἀπότιτθον γενέσθαι, μὴ ἀποσπᾶν τῆς τεκούσης μήτε ἄρνα μήτε ἔριφον μήτε ἄλλο τι τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἀγέλαις, καὶ προσδιαταξάμενος μηδὲ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ κτείνειν μητέρα καὶ ἔγγονον, ἐπιδαψιλεύεται ¹² φάσκων· „οὐχ ἑψήσεις ἄρνα ἐν γάλακτι μητρός“ (Exod. 23,19. 34,26. δευτ. 14,20).

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

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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.) — 142 focus

[142] And our lawgiver endeavours to surpass even himself, being a man of every kind of resource which can tend to virtue, and having a certain natural aptitude for virtuous recommendations; for he commands that one shall not take an animal from the mother, whether it be a lamb, or a kid, or any other creature belonging to the flocks or herds, before it is weaned. And having also given a command that no one shall sacrifice the mother and the offspring on the same day, he goes further, and is quite prodigal on the particularity of his injunctions, adding this also, "Thou shalt not seethe a lamb in his mother’s milk." ¹

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De virtutibus

1.
1 τὰ SC: καὶ τὸ Λ, τὸ ceteri (v)
2 ταῦτ’ Α pr. καὶ om. AHP (v) ἔτι S: om. ceteri (v) ἄχρι] ἄ χρὴ
3 ἀπέτεινεν Clem. Α1: ἐπέτεινεν S, ἐπιτείνειν H1P, ἐπιτείνει H2 (v), ἀποτείνει ceteri ἐν τοῖς ἀνομοιογενέσιν S (Clem. Al.): ἐν τοῖς νόμοις πᾶσιν (πάντες G1) ceteri (v)
4 ἀσκηθέντες coni. Mang.
45 ἐν τοῖς ὁμογενέσι Clem. Al.: om. codd.
5 μὲν] μὴ F καὶ ἀντιλυπεῖν om. S
6 μὴ om. F
7 συγγενέσιν SF καὶ ἐκ φύσεως] ἤ οἰκεῖός S πανταχῆ HP (v) ἔτι om. in lac. G1
8 τοίνυν] νῦν F ἐπὶ SA: om. ceteri (Turn.) μισανθρωπίαν S διαβαλέτωσαν ΑP
9 ὡς SFG1P1: μὴ ὡς ceteri (Turn.) παραγγέλλοντες Α δεινοὶ] καινοὶ Α
10 φανερῶς S: περιφανῶς ceteri (v) οὕτῶ CG2G1
11 δ’ Α ταῖς S: om. ceteri (v)
12 ἀπειθές] ἀπηνὲς coni. Mang.
13 τιθασσόν CAF, θίασον (sic) S ἑαυτῶ SG1: αὐτῶ in αὑιτῶ corr. H, αὐτῶ ceteri ἐπαγωνίζεται S: ἀγωνίσεταί ceteri (Turn.) 13.
14 πολύγονος ὢν ἀρετῆς S: πολύτροπος ὢν ἅρπης FHP, πολύτροπος ὢν εὑρετὴς G1, πολύτροπος ὢν ἀρετὴ CG2A (v)
14 εὐτροπίᾳ] εὐφορία S κελεύσας S: κελεύει ceteri (v) 1.5 ἀπότιτθον] ἑπταήμερον G1 μήτ’ Α
16 προδιτξάμενος S
17 μηδένα (μηδὲ scripsi) τῆ αὐτὴ ἡμέρα κτείὶειν μητέρα καὶ ἔγγονον S: μηδένα τῆ αὐ. ἡ. μ. καὶ ἔ. καταθύειν C, μηδένα . . . θύειν F, μηδένα . . . ἀὶαιρεῖν AP, μηδένα . . . ἔγγονοί (om. verbo necandi) G2, μὴ κτείνειν τῆ, αὐτὴ ἡμἐρα μητέρα καὶ ἔγγονον G1, μὴ θύειν τῆ . . . ἔγγονον H2 (v)

2. 2—4 pergit Clem. Alex. l.l. (post verba ad p. 307,16 adnot.) οὕτως ἄχρι καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων τὸ ἐπιεικὲς ἀπέτεινεν, ἵνα ἐν τοῖς ἀνομογενέσιν ἀσκήσαντες πολλῇ τινι περιουσία φιλανθρωπίας ἐν τοῖς ὁμογενέσι χρησώμεθα.

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