Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 23

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[23] ὅταν ποιῆται τὸν στρατιωτικὸν κατάλογον, οὐχ ἅπασαν τὴν
νεότητα καλεῖν οἴεται δεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἔστιν οὓς παραιτεῖται προστιθεὶς αἰτίας εὐλόγους τῆς ἀστρατείας· αὐτίκα τοὺς κατεπτηχότας καὶ δειλούς, μελλήσοντας ὑπὸ τῆς ἐμφύτου μαλακίας ἁλίσκεσθαι καὶ δέος τοῖς ἄλλοις συμμάχοις ἐμποιεῖν.

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.) — 23 focus

[23] that when he makes out the roll of all the soldiers of the army he does not think it expedient to summon forth all the youth of the nation, but some he excuses, stating very reasonable causes for their exemption from military service. And, above all, he exempts all those who are alarmed or cowardly, as they would be likely to be taken prisoners by reason of their innate effeminacy, and to cause fear to the rest who were fighting alongside of them;

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