Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 31

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[31] Ὅμηρος μὲν οὖν "ποιμένας λαῶν“ εἴωθε καλεῖν τοὺς βασιλέας, ἡ δὲ φύσις τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς κυριώτερον τουτὶ τοὔνομα ἐπεφήμισεν, εἴ γε ἐκεῖνοι ποιμαίνονται τὸ πλέον ἢ ποιμαίνουσιν — ἄκρατος γὰρ
αὐτοὺς ἄγει καὶ εὐμορφία πέμματά τε καὶ ὄψα καὶ τὰ μαγείρων καὶ σιτοποιῶν ἡδύσματα, ἵνα τὰς ἀργύρου καὶ χρυσοῦ καὶ τῶν σεμνοτέρων ἐπιθυμίας παραλείπω —, τοῖς δ’ ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς συμβέβηκε δελεάζεσθαι, νουθετεῖν δὲ καὶ ὅσους ἂν αἴσθωνται πάγαις ἡδονῆς ἁλισκομένους.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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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.) — 31 focus

[31] for Homer is constantly in the habit of calling kings shepherds of their people. ¹ But nature has appropriated this appellation as more peculiarly belonging to the good, since the wicked are rather tended by others than occupied in serving them; for they are led captive by strong wine, and by beauty, and by delicate eating, and sweetmeats, and by the arts of cooks and confectioners, to say nothing of the thirst of gold, and silver, and other things of a higher character. But men of the other class are not allured or led astray by any thing, but are rather inclined to admonish those whom they perceive to be caught in the toils of pleasure.

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Quod omnis probus liber sit

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2 οὕτως addidi ἐρηρϊσμένον Α, ἐρηρεισμένη HP ἀκλινὴς HP εἰ
5 ἐρηρϊσμένας Α ἀπὸ] ὑπὸ QT
7 ἅπαντας M: πάντας ceteri (v)
8 ὅνπερ] ὅν Q
9 τὰς] τούτων F δὲ M
10 ante τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον add. καὶ V, om. codd. τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον om. F
11 τὴν om. M
13 βασιλεῖς AQT κυριώτερόν τι ante τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς transp. AQT τουτὶ M: τι ceteri τοὔνομα ἐπευφήμισε Η, ἐπευφήμησε τοὔνομα QT
14 εἴ γε MT: εἴτ’ FGHP, εἶτ’ Α, εἶτ’ corr. in εἴγ’ Q ποιμαίνοντα Α τὸ om. M
15 αὐτοὺς] αὐτὸς Turn.
18 post δὲ add. μᾶλλον G (Mang.) καὶ κολάζειν coni. Wilamowitz ἄν] ἐὰν M πάγαις ἡδονῆς] πάσαις ἡδονῆς] AQT

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1 Antisth. frg.
74 Μullach.
4 Exod. 17,
12 αἰ δέ χεῖρες Μωυσῆ βαρεῖαι. cf. Leg. alleg. III § 45.
12 Hom. II. Α 263 al.
13 cf. Diog. La. VII 122 οὐ μόνον δ’ ἐλευθέρους εἶναι τοὺς σοφοὺς ἀλλὰ καὶ βασιλέας, τῆς βασιλείας οὕσης ἀρχῆς ἀνυπευθύνου, ἥτις περὶ μόνους ἄν τοὺς σοφοὺς συσταίη, καθά φησι Χρύσιππος κτλ. Stob. Ecl. II 7,
11 m καὶ μόνον εἶναι τὸν σοφὸν βασιλέα τε καὶ βασιλικόν, τῶν δὲ φαύλων μηδένα· τὴν γὰρ βασιλείαν ἀρχὴν ἀνυπεύθυνον εἶναι καὶ τὴν ἀνωτάτω καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ πάσαις. Cic. de rep. I 51 quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat, deligetque . . . optimum quemque, certe in optimorum consiliis posita est civitatium salus, praesertim cum hoc natura tulerit, non solum ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus, sed ut hi etiam parere summis velint. Epict. Diss. I 29,
13 διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ νόμος κράτιστός ἐστι καὶ δικαιότατος· τὸ κρεῖσσον ἀεὶ περιγινέσθω τοῦ χείρονος.

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