Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 217

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[217] καὶ δῆτα θεραπεύοντες αὐτὸν διετέλουν ὡς ἄρχοντα ὑπήκοοι τὸ περὶ πάντα μεγαλεῖον τῆς φύσεως αὐτοῦ καταπληττόμενοι τελειοτέρας οὔσης ἢ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον· οὐδὲ γὰρ ¹² ὁμιλίαις ἐχρῆτο ταῖς αὐταῖς, ἀλλ’ ἐπιθειάζων τὰ πολλὰ σεμνοτέραις· ὁπότε γοῦν κατασχεθείη, μετέβαλλε πάντα πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον, τὰς ὄψεις, τὴν χρόαν, τὸ μέγεθος, τὰς σχέσεις, τὰς κινήσεις, τὴν φωνήν, τοῦ θείου πνεύματος, ὅπερ ἄνωθεν καταπνευσθὲν εἰσῳκίσατο τῇ ψυχῇ, περιτιθέντος τῷ μὲν P. 443 M. σώματι κάλλος ἐξαίρετον, τοῖς δὲ λόγοις πειθώ, τοῖς
δ’ ἀκούουσι σύνεσιν.

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.) — 217 focus

[217] For, indeed, his servants at all times steadfastly observed him, as subjects observe a ruler, looking with admiration at the universal greatness of his nature and disposition, which was more perfect than is customary to meet with in a man; for he did not use the same conversation as ordinary men, but, like one inspired, spoke in general in more dignified language. Whenever, therefore, he was possessed by the Holy Spirit he at once changed everything for the better, his eyes and his ¹² complexion, and his size and his appearance while standing, and his motions, and his voice; the Holy Spirit, which, being breathed into him from above, took up its lodging in his soul, clothing his body with extraordinary beauty, and investing his words with persuasiveness at the same time that it endowed his hearers with understanding.

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De virtutibus

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1 ἐπιθιάσας S1, corr. S2 καταλιπεῖν HP γενεὰν] συγγένειαν coni. Mang.
2 ἐγκαταμενοῦσιν S: ἐγκαταμενοῦσιν Η1 (Turn.), ἐγκαταμένουσαι ceteri (Mang.)
3 ἀπάται om. S ἀνήνυτον S: ἔννοιαν ἀνήνυτον ceteri (v): διάνοιαν ἀνήνυτον coni. Maug. κατασκευάζουσαι S: κατασκευάζουσιν ceteri (v) τὴν S; εἰς τὴν ceteri (v)
4 ὅλων S: τῶν ἄλλων ceteri (v) αὗ S: om. ceteri (v) μεταναστείη (sic) Turn.
5 μεταναστήσεται] μεταναστῆναί τε FE τὴν ἀπάτην FE μεθαρμοσαμένης Ε (Mang.): μεθαρμοσάμενος F, μεθαρμοσαμένη ceteri
7 χρησθέντα S: τὰ χρησθέντα ceteri (v)
8 ἀοκνοτάτῃ σπουδὴ S: ἀοκνοτάτην σπουδὴν ceteri (Turn.) καὶ ζήτησιν FEHP ᾔνει] εἴη S1G2, ἴη S2 τρανωτέρας SG2PE
10 καὶ τῆς προνοίας E διὸ καὶ FE: δίκαιον S, δίκαιον· διὸ καὶ G2HP; ᾗ δίκαιον· διὸ καὶ v
11 ἐπειδὴ καὶ πρῶτος om. S ἀκλινῆ] ἀκριβῆ Ε ὡς] ὅς SP
12 τὸ] τῶ S ἀνώτατον τὸ προνοοῦν E
13 δ’ S πίστιν Mang.: ἐπιστήμην codd. τῶν S: om. ceteri (v) ἀρετὴν Η1Ρ βεβαιότητα Ε συνεκτᾶται (sic) F
14 καὶ SH2: ὡς G2, ὡς καὶ FH1P πάσα· F
15 τῆς παρασκευῆς F τὴν om. SP
16 φρονήματος #x003E; vel ὑπόπλεως coni. Mang. δῆτα S: δὴ ceteri
17 φρονήματος τῶ . . . μεγαλείω S μεγαλεῖον om. F
18 καταπληττόμενοι om. F

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1 Gen. 12,1.
10 Gen. 15,6
14 Gen. 23,6.
14 sqq. Clem. Alex. Strom. II
19 p. 482 Ρ. πάλιν τε αὖ βασιλέα τὸν σοφὸν διδάσκων τοὺς μὴ ὁμοφύλους ποιεῖ λέγοντας αὐτῷ „βασιλεὺς παρὰ θεοῦ σὺ ἑ ἡμῖν εἶ“ (Gen. 23,6), ἐθελουσίῳ γνώμῃ τῶν ἀρχομένων διά ζῆλον ἀρετῆς ὑπακουόντων τῶ σπουδαίῳ.

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