Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 67

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[67] ὅτι μελλήσοι τὸ ἔθνος ἐπιτρόπῳ χρῆσθαι τὰ πάντα ἀρίστῳ — καλὸν γὰρ κἀγαθὸν ἐξ ἀνάγκης ᾔδει τὸν εὐάρεστον θεῷ —, λαβόμενος τῆς τούτου δεξιᾶς καὶ παραγαγὼν
αὐτὸν εἰς ἠθροισμένον τὸ πλῆθος, μηδὲν περὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ τελευτῆς εὐλαβηθείς, ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἀρχαίαις εὐφροσύναις νέας ἑτέρας προσειληφὼς οὐ μόνον διὰ μνήμην τῶν πρότερον εὐπαθειῶν, αἷς κατακόρως διὰ παντὸς εἴδους ἀρετῆς ἐνετρύφησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ μέλλειν ἀθανατίζεσθαι μεταβαλὼν ἐκ φθαρτοῦ βίου εἰς ἄφθαρτον, ἱλαραῖς ὄψεσιν ἐκ
¹² τῆς κατὰ ψυχὴν εὐθυμίας φαιδρὸς καὶ γεγηθώς φησιν·

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.) — 67 focus

[67] but he was filled with unrestrained joy because there was secured to the nation a governor who was in all respects excellent (for he was sure that the man who was pleasing to God must be virtuous and pious); and accordingly, taking him by the right hand, he led him forth to the assembled multitude, not being at all alarmed at the idea of his own impending death, but feeling that he had received a new cause of joy in addition to his former reasons for cheerfulness, not only from the recollection of his former happiness, in which he had passed his life abundantly in every species of virtue, but from the hope also that he was now about to become immortal, changing from this corruptible to an incorruptible life; and accordingly, with a cheerful look proceeding from the joy which he felt in his soul, he spoke to them with joy and exultation in the following manner, and said:

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De virtutibus

1.
1 τῶν] τὸ F1 Τῶ F2G2 ἁπανταχοῦ S: πανταχοῦ CG2AF, πανταχῆ G1; ἁπανταχῆ HP (v)
2 δ’ Α ἐπαγγελλομένου S ἱκεσίαν om. S ὄντος ὄντως transp. G2HP 3.
4 τῆς δοκιμωτάτοις (sic) Α
4 τοῦτο S: τοῦτο καὶ ceteri (v) διὰ] ἐκ G2 ἠθῶν S, ἐθνῶν L (Turn.)
5 ἀνωτάτω AP: ἀνωτάτου ceteri αἰτίου S: om. ceteri (v) τὸν] τῶν H1P
6 γενητοῖς] θνητοῖς Α ἀπωσαμένους C γεννητὸς Α ἀληθείας FG1HP
7 δόξης FG1HP μόνη Α ἀφαιρημένος S1 (corr. S2), ἀφῃρημένη A, ἀφῃρημένου FHP
8 ἐνεργέστατον S
9 πίστεως S: πίσιεως ἔργον ceteri (v)
10 ἀριστίνδην S: ἄριστος ὢν ceteri (v)
11 Ἰησοῦς] ἰωσούς G2 ἄρχειν Α
12 ἕτερος S: ἔνιοι ceteri (v) ἐπὶ τῷ] ἐπεὶ S μὴ ante αἱρεθῆναι transp. Α ἢ] μὴ S ἀδελφιδοῦς SG1: ἀδελφοὺς ceteri (v)
13 κατήφησεν] κατηφίησεν S2, ἀνιαρόν τί φησιν Α post κατήφησε add. Μωυσῆς codd. (v), omisi cum S ἀλλά S: ἀλλ’ ceteri ἀλήκτου SG2, ἀνεκτου Richt. μέλλει A
14 χρήσασθαι Α τὰ πάντα] τῶ πάντ’ Α ἄριστα S κἀγαθὸν S: καὶ ἀγαθὸν ceteri 14.
15 ἔἵδῃ (corr. ex ἤδῆ) ἐξ ἀνάγκης transp. S
15 καὶ παραγαγὼν G1: παράγει μὲν S (Mang.), παράγει μὲν καὶ παραγαγὼν ceteri (Turn.)
16 μηδὲ Α αὐτοῦ G1H1P, ἑαυτοῦ A
17 οὐ μόνον—ἱλαραῖς ὄψεσιν (20) S: om. ceteri (Turn.)
18 μνήμην scripsi: μνήμης S
19 ἀλλά καὶ S: καὶ om. Mang.
20 post βίου ras. 2—3 litt. in S εἰς] πρὸς conicio

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15 sqq. Num. 27,22. 23.

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