Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 32

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[32] εἰς ἅπερ ἀπιδὼν οὐ μόνον λοχαγοὺς καὶ στρατηγοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους τῆς στρατιᾶς ἡγεμόνας ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἕκαστον ἐπικρίνει, δοκιμάζων πῶς ἔχει πρός τε σώματος ¹ εὐεξίαν καὶ πρὸς εὐστάθειαν λογισμοῦ, σῶμα μὲν ἐξετάζων, εἰ ὁλόκληρον, εἰ ὑγιαῖνον ὅλον δι’ ὅλων, εἰ τοῖς μέρεσι καὶ μέλεσι πᾶσιν εὖ ἡρμοσμένον πρὸς τὰς ἐπιβαλλούσας ἑκάστῳ σχέσεις τε καὶ κινήσεις, ψυχὴν δέ, εἰ θαρραλεότητος καὶ εὐτολμίας ἀνάπλεως, εἰ ἀκατάπληκτος καὶ μεστὴ ² φρονήσεως | εὐγενοῦς, εἰ φιλότιμος καὶ ζωῆς ἀδόξου τὸν σὺν εὐκλείᾳ
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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.) — 32 focus

[32] And our lawgiver, having a regard to these facts, selects not only the captains, and the generals, and the other leaders of the army, but also picks out separately each individual soldier, examines in what state he is in respect of good condition of body and firmness of mind, examining his body to see if it is uninjured in all its parts, and in sound health, and in all its joints and limbs well adapted for the positions and actions which may be required of it; examining the soul also, to see whether it is full of confidence and proper courage, whether it is intrepid, fearless, and inspired with a noble spirit, whether it is eager for honour and inclined to prefer death with glory to an inglorious life;

Notes on the current edition

De virtutibus

1.
1 ἀφείσθω codd.: ἀφιέσθω Mang. πάσας M φιλανθρώπως Α (cf. Clem. Al.): φιλανθρωπίαν ceteri; φιλανθρωπίας v 1.
2 καὶ στρατηγικῶς e Clem. Al. supplevit Wendl.
2 εὑρισκόμενος Wendl.: ἀνευρισlόμενος codd. ἶνα SA: ἵν’ ceteri τά om. L (Turn.)
3 πονησάντων VOFA: πονεσάντων ceteri λαμβάνωσιν SBOHP, λαμβάνουσι G
5 οἰκονομεῖν L (Turn.) pr. δὲ SVOFG: δ’ ceteri 6.7 τὸν δὲ μὴ μνώμενον γαμεῖν transp. F
7 οὐ δεῖν] οὐδεὶς Α; οὐ δέον coni. Maug.
8 τὰ Α: τῶν ceteri (v) τὸν ora. Α
9 τὰς ψυχὰς ΒΕΚM ἐκεῖ] ἐκεῖσε coni. Wendl., οἴκοι coni. Mang.
11 διώκωσι M
12 περὶ] παρὰ F
13 τῆ ἐλπίδι Α: τῆς ἐλπίδος ceteri (Turn.)
14 ἕκαστον Η1
15 ψυχὴ V2OF: ψυχῆς ceteri (v)
17 στρατικὸν M
18 προενεληλυθὸς S: προεληλυθὸς ceteri (v) ; προεσεληλυθὸς coni. Wendl. ὑποικουρεῖ Mang.: οἰκουρεῖ codd. ὅπως om. F
19 ἐναποδὐωνται A
20 οὐδενός F ἢν] ἣν VO, ἡ F ἀπορρίψη VOF
21 φθερεῖ Wendl. φθείρει ipse ψονιεψι): εἰ φέρει V20, εἰ φέροι F, φέρειν GH2, φέρει cetcri; φύρει coni. Mang. τι] ti] τῆ SGH2 (v) τῆς) κηραινούσης . . . ψυχῆς Mang.: khrainoqysh . . . ψυχὴ codd.
22 ἀφιδῶν S1, corr. S2
23 στρατιᾶς VOFG: στρατείας ceteri (v)

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