Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 224

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[224] οἱ δ’ ἐκ τούτων νόθοι παῖδες γνησίων οὐδὲν διήνεγκαν, οὐ μόνον παρὰ τῷ γεννήσαντι — θαυμαστὸν γὰρ οὐδέν, εἰ τοῖς μὴ ὁμογαστρίοις ¹² ὁ πάντων κοινὸς πατὴρ τὴν αὐτὴν εὔνοιαν παρεῖχεν —, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ ταῖς μητρυιαῖς· αἱ μὲν γὰρ τὸ πρὸς προγονοὺς μῖσος ἀναιρούμεναι εἰς ἄλεκτον μεθηρμόσαντο κηδεμονίαν· οἱ δὲ προγονοὶ τῇ

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.) — 224 focus

[224] And the illegitimate sons borne by those handmaidens differed in no respect from the legitimate children of the real wives, not only in the eyes of the father who begot them, for it is not at all surprising if he who was the father of them all displayed an equal degree of good-will to them all, since they were all equally his children; but they also were equally esteemed by their stepmothers. For they, laying aside all that dislike which women so commonly feel towards their stepsons, changed it into an unceasing affection with which they united themselves to them.

Notes on the current edition

De virtutibus

1.
1 τῶν] τὸν G2 τῆς om. S συρίης FG2P
2 οἰκία (corr. ex οἰκεία) καὶ πόλει S: οἰκεία πόλει ceteri (v) γεμούσῃ] γένους ἢ S
3 ἐπειδὴ] ἐπεὶ F ἐκ om. S
4 ἠδυνήθη F ἰδεῖν SP: ἐνιδεῖν FG2H (Turn.) θανάτω P
5 ηὐτομόλησεν SG2HP: ηὐτόνησεν F (Mang.)
6 οὐδένα FG2P ἢ τὴν S: ἢ ἐπὶ τὴν ceteri (v)
7 καίτοι S: καὶ τοῖς ceteri
8 ὑστέρω S: ὕστερον ceteri (v) 8.9 κατ’ ἐπιδικασίας νόμον scripsi: κατ’ ἐπιδικασίαν νόμου S, καὶ ἔχοντι ἐπιδικασίας νόμου ceteri (καὶ ἔχοντι ἐπιδικασίας νόμῳ v)
9 μὴ S: ceteri
10 ἀκηλίδοτον S αὐτῆς S τῆς om. G2 (v)
11 μετ’ αὐτὴν F: μεθ’ αὑτὴν ceteri (v)
12 ἀφορμὴ S: ἀρχὴ ceteri (v) γε om. S
13 καὶ οὐκ ἀσήμων ἴσως S: ἴσως καὶ οὐκ ἀσήμων G2HP (v), καὶ οὐκ ἀσήμων om. F θεράπαινα H1P
14 γενηθεῖσαι Η2, γενηθεῖσα H1P προικιδία P, προικίδια H1
15 τροφίμαις S: τροφιμαίαις ceteri (v)
16 σοφοῦ] σοφιστοῦ HP (Turn.)
18 ὀλίγον S1 ut vid., corr. S2 18.
19 ἀπιστότατον] ἀπόστατον H1P
19 τὸ om. H1P αὐτὸ om. S
20 ἀγαθῶν] ἄθλων F
22 μὴ· S: om. ceteri (Turn.)

2.
1 Gen. 38,6 sqq.
13 Gen. 29,24. 29. 30,3—13.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 224

ed. Leopold Cohn

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