Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 38

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[38] καὶ καινότατον ὁ
πόλεμος οὗτος ἕξει κλέος διὰ γυναικῶν ἀλλ’ οὐ δι’ ἀνδρῶν κατορθωθείς· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἡμέτερον, ὁμολογοῦμεν, γένος οὗ γενήσεται ἧττα, διὰ τὸ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰς μάχην τοὺς ἀντιπάλους ἐπικυδεστέρους εἶναι, τὸ δ’ ὑμέτερον παντελῶς τὴν νίκην οἴσει καί, τὸ μέγιστον ἀγαθόν, τὰς δίχα κινδύνων ἀριστείας· ἀναιμωτὶ γάρ, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἀκονιτί, κατὰ τὴν πρώτην
¹ φαντασίαν αὐτὸ μόνον ὀφθεῖσαι περιέσεσθε.“

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.) — 38 focus

[38] And this war will have a novel glory as having been brought to a successful issue by means of women, and not by means of men. For we confess that our sex is in danger of being defeated, because our enemies are better provided with all the appliances of war and necessaries for battle; but your sex is more completely armed, and you will gain the greatest of all advantages, namely the victory; carrying off the prize without having to encounter any danger; for without any loss or bloodshed, or indeed, I may rather say, without even a struggle, you will overpower the enemy at the first sight of you, merely by being beheld by him.

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De virtutibus

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1 ὑπέλαβον Α ἐπειδὴ] ἐπεὶ δὲ Β1ΕΚΑΗΡ (ν) (v) καὶ μυρία transp. Α καὶ λέγοντες] καταλέγοντες S
2 ἐφ’ ὦν] ἐπειδὰν V2OK2F; ὅταν couicio ἀπογνῶσι codd.: ἀπογνώσει (om. ἐφ’ ὢν) v; ἐν ἀπογνώσει (secl. ἐφ’ wv) coni. Wendl. τι] τοι M post τοιοῦτον add. γυναικῶν Α
3 περιφανεστάτας Α ερ
5 ἐστὶν ἀργαλεώτερον SVOF: ἀργαλεώτερόν ἐστιν ceteri (v) ἀργαλεώτατον K ἐπιτείχισμα om. Α
6 ὁμονοίας] ὁμοίας M ἀνώττον VOFH (Τurn.)
8 ἡδονὴ SF ἁλωτὸς V2OF
6 ἄνθρωπος F, ἀνθρώποις S, sed ι add. S2
9 γυναῖκας F, τὴν γυναῖκα Η
10 ἑταιρίσεως V2O
11 μὴ δείσητε ὡς] μηδεὶσ μ ἦ τέωσ S (sed accent. et spir. add. S-) ἐποίσοντα] ἐποίσοντα] G
12 ἐφ’ ἡμέραν] ἐφήμερον SVOF, ἐφημέρων H1P, σήμερον G μεθαρμόσασθαι S2
13 μέν] τε A ὅσα—ψυχὰς (14) om. Α τῷ] τό S; τῷ om. L (Turn.)
14 φυλάττουσαι Α
15 ἐπισφραγιεῖσθαι SF καὶ om. SG, καινότατον καὶ transp. VOF
17 xio μὲν γὰρ ἡμετέρω ὁμολογουμένως γένει V2OF; τοῦ μέν γὰρ ἡμετέρου, ὁμολογοῦμεν, γένους γενήσεται ἧττα coni- Wendl. οὗ]
06 SVOF τὸ om. fliP
18 τοὺς ἀντιπάλους om. Α ἡμέτερον S1G1
19 παντελῶς VOKF: παντελές ceteri (v) οἴσει dubitanter scripsi: περιοῦσι SG(V1?), περιώσει V2OF, om. ceteri (v) ; περιοῦσαι ἕξετε coni. Mang., περιποιήσει Weiidl.
20 καὶ om. O ἀκονητὶ SV1B1EAH

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