Philo Judaeus, De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 148

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[148] 6 Κἂν εἰ ἐπὶ τούτοις μὴ σωφρονίζοιντο πλαγιάζοντες καὶ τὰς ἐπ’ ἀλήθειαν ἀγούσας εὐθυτενεῖς ὁδοὺς ἐκτρεπόμενοι, δειλία καὶ φόβος ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν ἐνιδρυθήσεται, καὶ φεύξονται μὲν οὐδενὸς διώκοντος, φήμαις δὲ οἷα φιλεῖ ψευδέσι πεσοῦνται προτροπάδην, φύλλου τε κτύπος p. 433 M. κουφότατος δι’ ἀέρος φερόμενος τοσαύτην ἀγωνίαν καὶ πτοίαν ἐργάσεται, ¹² ὅσην ὁ τραχύτατος πόλεμος ἐκ δυνατωτέρων ἐχθρῶν, ὡς καὶ τέκνα γονέων καὶ γονεῖς τέκνων καὶ ἀδελφοὺς ἀδελφῶν ὑπεριδεῖν, ἐκ μὲν τῆς ἀλλήλων ἐπιβοηθείας ἅλωσιν προσδοκήσαντας, σωτηρίαν δ’ ἐκ τοῦ ἑαυτοὺς ἀποδιδράσκειν ἕκαστον.

De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Rewards and Punishments First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 148 focus

26 6

And if, after all these calamities, they are not chastened, but still proceed by crooked paths, and turn off from the straight roads which lead to truth, then cowardice and fear shall be established in their souls, ¹ and they shall flee when no one pursues, and shall be routed and destroyed by false reports, as does often happen. The lightest sound of leaves falling through the air shall cause as great an agony of fear and apprehension as the most formidable war waged by the most powerful of enemies ought to produce, so that children shall be indifferent to the fate of their parents, and parents to that of their children, and brothers to that of their brethren, looking upon it that if they go to their assistance they may themselves incur the danger of captivity, while their best chance of safety consists in escaping by themselves.

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De praemiis et poenis et De exsecrationibus

1. 1.2 συγκρινόμενα—δεινά HP1 (Turn.)
3 ἐν ante αὐτῷ om. Α τοῦ δ’ codd.: τοῦ δ’ ἑτέρου v (Turn.)
4 ἀποδεχομένου Α
7 εἴσω παραδυομένου Α: εἰσπαραδυομένου HP (v) ; παρεισδυομένου conieceram
9 καὶ om. Turn. ἀλγηδόνων γένεσιν transp. Α
10 τὰ om. P ἀρθρητικὰ L (Turn.)
14 αὐτὸ Η2: αὐτοὶ AH1P
15 πανάπαλοι HP: παράπολοι Α συνασκηθεῖσαν coni. Mang. τροφὴν P
17 καὶ μάχαιρα Α καὶ μάχαιρα Α καὶ ss. P2): μάχαιρα HP μάχαιρα δ’ Turn., μάχαιρα δὲ Mang.)
18 ἐν ἀσφαλεία Α
19 προκαταδύντες scripsi: προκαταδύντων codd.
21 εἰ addidi πλησιάζοντες Α
22 ἐπ’ ἀλήθειαν Η: ἐπ’ ἀληθεία AP ἀγούσας Η2: ἀναγούσας H1P, ἀλγούσας A
23 ἐνιδρυθήσεται codd.: ἐνιδρυθήσονται Mang.
24 φύλλου codd. (Mang.): φύλλων Turn. τε Α, ss. P: om. H (Turn.)
25 πτοίαν] ποίαν Α

2.
15 πανάπαλοι Hom. Od. ν223
17 Lev. 26,25.
21 spp. Lev. 26,23. 36.

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