Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 91

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[91] ἐν δὲ καιρῷ τῆς
ὀπώρας πάλιν δρεπομένοις κληρούχοις προστάττει μήτε ῥῶγας ἀποπιπτούσας συλλέγειν μήτε ἐπανατρυγᾶν ἀμπελῶνας. τὰ δ’ αὐτὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐλαιαλογοῦσι διατάττεται, καθάπερ φιλοστοργότατος καὶ δικαιότατος πατὴρ οὐχὶ ταῖς αὐταῖς εὐπραγίαις κεχρημένων παίδων, ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν ἐν ¹² περιουσίᾳ ζώντων, τῶν δ’ εἰς ἀπορίαν ἐσχάτην περιηκόντων, οὓς ἐλεῶν καὶ οἰκτείρων ἐπὶ τὰ κτήματα τῶν ἀδελφῶν καλεῖ μεθέξοντας ὡς ἰδίων τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, οὐκ ἀναισχύντως ἀλλ’ εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν ἐνδείας, καὶ οὐ μόνον καρποῦ μετουσίας ἀλλὰ καὶ κτημάτων ὅσα τῷ δοκεῖν.

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.) — 91 focus

[91] And at the season of autumn he again enjoins the possessors of the land, when they are gathering their fruits, not to pick up those fruits which fall to the ground, nor to glean the vineyards a second time. And he also gives the same command to those who are gathering olives. ¹ Like a most affectionate father, whose children are not all in the enjoyment of equal good fortune, since some of them live in abundance, while others are reduced to the very extremity of poverty; but he, commiserating and pitying them, summons them to partake of the possessions of their brethren, using what thus belongs to others as it were their own, not in so doing inviting them to any action of ²³⁴ shameless wrong, but supplying their real necessities, allowing them a participation, not in the crops alone, but even in the lands themselves likewise, as far as appearance is concerned.

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De virtutibus

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1 tit. περὶ ἀμητοῦ καὶ τρυγητοῦ add. S mg G2 τίς γε μὴν] τί δὲ μὴν F, πῶς δὲ G1, τὴν δὲ μνήμην πῶς Α ἀγάσαιτο SCH2: ἀγάσαιτό τις αὐτὸν G1, ἄγοιτό τις AFH1 ἢ τρυγητὰς S (καὶ τρ. Mang.): om. ceteri (Turn.)
2 διατάγματος S: κηρύγματος ἢ (καὶ G2) διατάγματος ceteri (v) ἐν μέν τῷ ἀμήτῳ scripsi: ἐν τῶ ἀμήτῳ S, ἐν μὲv ἀμήτῳ ceteri (v) μήτε post γὰρ transp. S μήτε SH2: μηδὲ ceteri
3 πάντα- ἄτμητον (4) om. in lac. G1 κείρειν S: κεῖραι CG2F2 (v), σπκεῖραι A, σπεῖραι F1HP 3.4 ὑπολιπέσθαι (sic) S1, ὑπολιπέσθαι C (v)
4 τι τοῦ SCG2 (Clem. Α1.): τὸ τοῦ FHP (v), τοῦτο Α ἄτμητον CG2 (Clem. Α1.): ἄμητον S, ἄτΑΒΒREVμητον ἦτον F, ἀτίμητον AHP b ἐκ τοῦ τι] ἐκτοστὶ (sic) Α προιέναι Clem. Al.: παριέναι codd. (v) 5.
6 πᾶσι προσκεχηνέναι καὶ om. (G2
6 καὶ πάντα S: πᾶν G2 καὶ μὴ πᾶν C, μηδέ πὰν ceteri (v) συμφορεῖν S: συμφύρειν A, συμφέρειν ceteri (Turn.) 6.
7 θησαυροφυλακήσαντας AH
7 ἅμα δέ SCG2: ἅμα δὲ καὶ ceteri (v)
8 αὐτοὺς AG2
9 εἰσιέναι] ABBREVσιτία (sic) F κἀκ] καὶ S οἰκείων] ἰὸίων A τῶ καιρῶ HP (v)
10 δρεπομένοις] δρεπάνοις C κληρούχοις SCG2: τοῖς κληρούχοις ceteri (v) ῤῶγας SG2 (Clem. Al.): ῤάγας CA, ῤάγας ceteri (v)
1 1 μήτ’ Α ἐπανατρυγᾶν S : ἀνατρυγᾶν ceteri (v)
12 ἐλαιαλογοῦσι SAG1HP: ἐαλογοῦσι F1, ἐλαιολογοῦσι CG2F2 (v) φιλοστοργότατος καὶ δικαιότατος scripsi: δικαιότατος S, φιλοστοργότατος ceteri (v)
13 εὐπραγίαις κεχρημένων SH: κεχρημένων εὐπραγίαις ceteri παίδων CG2: τέκνων S, τῶν παίδων ceteri (v) ἐν om. S

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2 Lev. 19,9. 23,22. Deut. 24,19. cf. Ιoseph. Ant. lud. IV §231.
2 sqq. pergit Clem. Alex. l. l. ἔν τε τῷ ἀμήτῳ τὰ ἀποπίπτοντα τῶν δραγμάτων ἀνἁρεῖσθαι κωλύει τοὺς κτήτορας, καθάπερ κἀν τῷ θερισμῷ ὑπολείπεσθαί τι παραινεῖ ἄτμητον, διὰ τούτου εὖ μάλα τοὺς μὲν κτήτορας εἰς κοινωνίαν καὶ μεγαλοφροσύνην συνασκῶν ἐκ τοῦ προϊέναι τι τῶν ἰδίων τοῖς δεομένοις, τοῖς πένησι δέ ἀφορμὴν πορίζων τροφῶν.
10 Lev. 1910. Deut. 24,20. 21. 1Osqq. Clem. Alex. 1. 1. ... ἔν τε αὐτὴ τρυγῇ τό ἐπιέναι πάλιν τὰ κατλλειφθἐντα δρεπομένους καὶ τὸ τὰς ἀποπιπτούσας ῤῶγας συλλέγειν κεκώλυκεν· τὰ δ’ αὐτὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐλάας συλλέγουσι διατάσσεται.

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