Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 59

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[59] καίτοι τίς οὐκ ἂν κατεπλάγη τῶν τότε τῆς εὐχῆς ἀκούσας, „τί φῄς“ εἰπών „ὦ δέσποτα; οὐκ εἰσὶ μέν σοι γνήσιοι παῖδες, οὐκ εἰσὶ δ’ ἀδελφιδοῖ; μάλιστα μὲν
τοῖς υἱοῖς — κληρονόμοι γὰρ οὗτοι φύσει πρῶτοι — κατάλιπε τὴν ἀρχήν, εἰ δ’ ἀποδοκιμάζεις, τοῖς γοῦν ἀδελφιδοῖς.

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.) — 59 focus

[59] And yet who was there of all the men of that time who would not have been amazed if he had heard this prayer? Who was there who would not have said, "What art thou saying, master? hast not thou legitimate children? hast thou not nephews? Above all men, leave thy authority to thy children first, for they are thy natural heirs; but if thou disapprovest of them, at all events bequeath it to thy nephews;

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