Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 25

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[25] ὅπως οὖν μὴ τὰ μὲν οἰκεῖα βλάπτηται διὰ τῆς τῶν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον ἰόντων ἀνανδρίας, ἐπικυδέστερα δὲ γίνηται τὰ
τῶν ἐχθρῶν αἱρούντων καταφρονητικῶς τοὺς ἀγεννεῖς, ὄχλον ἀργὸν εἰδὼς ¹² οὐκ ὠφέλιμον ἀλλ’ ἐμπόδιον εἰς κατόρθωμα, ἀνεῖρξε τοὺς ἀτόλμους καὶ ἀναπίπτοντας δειλίᾳ, καθάπερ, οἶμαι, καὶ τοῖς τὰ σώματα νοσοῦσι στρατηγὸς οὐδεὶς ἀνάγκην ἐπιτίθησι πολεμεῖν, ὑποπαραιτουμένης ἀσθενείας.

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.) — 25 focus

[25] In order, therefore, that the affairs of his own people may not be injured by the cowardice of those who go forth to battle, while the enemy obtains success and glory, slaying those cowardly foes with great contempt, and being also aware that an inactive irresolute coward was of no use at all, but was rather a hindrance to success, the lawgiver removed from the army all those who were devoid of boldness, and those who were inclined to faint or shrink out of cowardice, just as I imagine no general would compel men afflicted with any bodily infirmity to go forth to war, but would allow their weak health to plead their excuse.

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De virtutibus

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1 ἤδη S τἄλλα KFG μενοῦντας S, μενοῦντος F, μὲν οὖν τά HP
3 ἀνθρωπίων S1, corr. S2
4 ἰδεῖν ἐστιν transp. F
5 καὶ περὶ μὲν (om. οὑν) Α
6 γένηται Α ἀνδρείαν οὐ παρέργως ἐξεταστέον SVOFG: ἀνδρείαν post ἐξεταστέον transp. ceteri (v) ἀνδρίαν AEFGO οὐ] μὴ Α
7 κατὰ Α ὕμνησα Α
8 ἀεὶ SK: αἰεὶ ceteri
9 ἐνθένδ’ ἐποιησάμεθα ’ τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιησόμεθα trnnsp. Α
10 ποιεῖτε ’, ποιῆτε S-G (fort. recte) τῶν στρατιωτικῶν Η
12 ἀστρατείας G: στρατείας ceteri (Turn.) κατεπτηκότας S1, corr. S2 12.
13 melqhsontaw OHP
14 συμμαχεῖν (sic) V εὑ πως] οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπως coni. Mang. πλησίων Κ ἀνατάττεσθαι Κ
15 φιλεῖ] ὀφλεῖ G1, ὀφείλει ΒΕΚ1ΜΑ μάλιστα FHP τῶ πολέμω M
17 προμηθεὺς (sic) F
18 ἀνανδρείαν SB, ἀνδρείαν VOK-, δειλίαν F εὐτρεπέσι G
19 ἐπαμπίσχονiος Α, ἐπαμφίσχοντες SG1 οὑν SVOGH2: ἂν F, οὑν om. ceteri
20 τῆς SVOFG: τὴν ceteri (v) τῶν om. G τὸν om. F ἀνανδρίας V2OFG, ἀνανδρείας S, ἀνδρείας V: ἀνανδρίαν AEKHP (v), ἀνανδρείαν BM δὲ γίνηται] λέγειν εἴτε S γένηται Α
21 αἰρόντων M; ἀναιρούντων coni. Mang. οὑν post τοὺς add. A, post ὄχλον add. B2M ἀγενεῖς SKFMH

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12 Deut. 20,8.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 25

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