Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 43

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[43] δὲ τοὺς λεχθέντας δυνηθέντες. 8 οἱ δὲ πρὸς πολλὰς μυριάδας ὀλίγος ἀριθμὸς ἀντιταχθέντες, ἐμπειρίαις ἅμα καὶ εὐτολμίαις χρώμενοι, καθάπερ αὐτός τις ἕκαστος ὅμιλος ὤν, καταφρονητικῶς πυκναῖς ἐπιτρέχοντες ταῖς φάλαγξι καὶ τοὺς ἐν ποσὶν ἀναιροῦντες ἠρήμουν τὰ βύζην συνεστηκότα στίφη καὶ ὅσα ἐφήδρευε πρὸς ἀναπλήρωσιν τῶν κενουμένων τάξεων,
ὡς αὐτοβοεὶ πολλὰς μυριάδας καταστορέσαι καὶ μηδένα τῆς ἀντιταχθείσης νεότητος ἀπολιπέσθαι· κτείνουσι δὲ καὶ γυναῖκας τὰς συνεπιγραψαμένας ἀνδρῶν γνώμαις ἀνοσίοις, ζωγρήσαντες παρθένους, ἄκακον ἡλικίαν οἰκτισάμενοι.

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.) — 43 focus

These men, then, being arrayed against them, a small number against many myriads of men, and availing themselves of their skill, and exerting all their courage, as if each individual were himself a host, rushed upon the dense phalanxes in a contemptuous manner, and slaying all whom they met, they mowed down the thickly-packed battalions, and all the forces which were in reserve as a reinforcement to fill up the ranks where men were slain, so that they overthrew many myriads with their mere single shout, till not one of all the youth in the opposing army was left. And they slew also all the women who had assented to the unholy devices of the men, taking the maidens alive, because of their compassion for their innocent age,

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 43

ed. Leopold Cohn

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