Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 118

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[118] ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ δήμους ὅλους ἀκούομεν ὑπὲρ
ἐλευθερίας ἅμα καὶ πίστεως τῆς πρὸς ἀποθανόντας εὐεργέτας ¹² αὐθαίρετον πανωλεθρίαν ὑποστάντας, ὥσπερ φασὶν οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ Ξανθίους. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἷς τῶν ἐπιθεμένων Ἰουλίῳ Καίσαρι, Βροῦτος, ἐπιὼν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐστράτευσε, δεδιότες οὐ πόρθησιν ἀλλὰ δουλείαν τὴν ὑπ’ ἀνδροφόνου κτείναντος ἡγεμόνα καὶ εὐεργέτην — ἀμφότερα γὰρ ἦν αὐτῷ Καῖσαρ — ἀπεμάχοντο μὲν ἐφ’ ὅσον οἷοί τε ἦσαν δυνατῶς τὸ
πρῶτον, ὑπαναλούμενοι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κατ’ ὀλίγον ἔτ’ ἀντεῖχον.

Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

Translations (1)

To Prove that every Man who is virtuous is also free First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 118 focus

[118] But in truth we hear of whole nations also, who, for the sake of freedom and of good faith towards their deceased benefactors, have voluntarily encountered utter destruction, as they say that the Xanthians did no long time ago; for when Brutus, one of those men who attacked Julius Caesar, invaded their territory and made war upon them, they, fearing not so much the destruction of their city as slavery at the mercy of a murderer who had killed his king and his benefactor (for Caesar was both to him), resisted at first with great vigour to the very utmost extent of their power,

Notes on the current edition

Quod omnis probus liber sit

1.
1 προκοίνας P ἀσμένως MAQT αὐτόν F
2 Μακεδόνων] λακεδαιμονίων M ἁλούσας M: om. ceteri (Turn.) δαρδανίδας M: τὰς δαρδανίδας ceteri (v) γυναῖκας om. AQT
3 κακῶν FG δουλείας Α
4 ῥιπτεῖν M
5 δ’ ἄρξασθαι G: δ’ ἄρξεσθε (corr. ex δ’ ἄρξασθαι) Α, δράξασθαι M, ἄρξασθαι F, δὲ ἄρξασθαι HPQT τό χρεὼν M: om. in lac. 6—7 litt. G, ceteri (Turn.)
6 πανυστάτην καὶ ἀναγκαίαν transp. Q, ἀναγκαίαν καὶ om. T περαιώσασθε FAQ
7 δ’ MA τραγικὸς MFG: τραγῳδὸς AHP (Turn.), τραγῳδικός QT δ’ MA
9 τις] πως M ἅψαιτο QT ο ος χρωτὸς F
10 γάρ] δέ AQT δέριν F, δέρρϊν Α
11 μ’ G: ἔχουσαν M, μ’ οὖσαν ceteri (Turn.) 11.
12 ὡς—κτείνατε G: om. ceteri (Turn.)
13 εἶτ’ οἰόμεθα] ἐγγυώμεθα M
14 ὀλιγότροφα AT δ’ M
15 πρὸς θάνατον M: εἰς θάνατον ceteri (v)
16 ἀθανασίας P ἀκράτως AQT
17 πηγήν τινα M: γῆν τινα FG, ἀμιγῆ τὴν ceteri (Turn.) εὐδαιμονίας τὴν ἀρετὴν MFG: εὐδαιμονίαν τῆς ἀρετῆς ceteri (Turn.) ἐν add. Mang. περιφέροντες ἃς H, ἐπιφέροντες P
18 δύναμις πώποτε transp. AQT ἀρχῆς] ἐξ ἀρχῆς Μ
19 γάρ om. Α 19.20 ὑπὲρ ἐλευθερίας ἀκούομεν transp. M
20 πρός om. T εὐεργέτας] ἐλευθερίας M

2.
9 sqq. Eur. Hec. 548 sqq.

Philo Judaeus Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit 118

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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