Philo Judaeus, De Vita Contemplativa, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 86

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[86] τὸ γὰρ πέλαγος προστάξει θεοῦ τοῖς μὲν σωτηρίας αἴτιον τοῖς δὲ πανωλεθρίας γίνεται· ῥαγέντος μὲν γὰρ καὶ βιαίοις ἀνακοπαῖς ὑποσυρέντος καὶ ἑκατέρωθεν ἐξ ἐναντίας οἷα τειχῶν παγέντων, τὸ μεθόριον
διάστημα εἰς λεωφόρον ὁδὸν καὶ ξηρὰν πᾶσαν ἀνατμηθὲν εὐρύνετο, δι’ ἧς ὁ λεὼς ἐπέζευσεν ἄχρι τῆς ἀντιπέραν ἠπείρου πρὸς τὰ μετέωρα ¹ παραπεμφθείς· ἐπιδραμόντος δὲ ταῖς παλιρροίαις καὶ τοῦ μὲν ἔνθεν τοῦ δὲ ἔνθεν εἰς τὸ χερσωθὲν ἔδαφος ἀναχυθέντος, οἱ ἐπακολουθήσαντες τῶν πολεμίων κατακλυσθέντες διαφθείρονται.

De Vita Contemplativa. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Vita Contemplativa (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Contemplative Life, or on the Virtues of Suppliants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 86 focus

[86] for, by the commandment of God, the sea became to one party the cause of safety, and to the other that of utter destruction; for it being burst asunder, and dragged back by a violent reflux, and being built up on each side as if there were a solid wall, the space in the midst was widened, and cut into a level and dry road, along which the people passed over to the opposite land, being conducted onwards to higher ground; then, when the sea returned and ran back to its former channel, and was poured out from both sides, on what had just before been dry ground, those of the enemy who pursued were overwhelmed and perished.

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De vita contemplativa

1.
1 ἀθρόον F μέσον] μέλη Α
2 τό πρῶτον om. Arm
3 καθ’ ἑκάτερον M Arm: καθ’ ἕτερον celeri (Turn.)
4 τε om. C εἶτ’ A τοὺς ὕμνους Α εἰς τὸν θεὸν ὕμνους transp. HP (v) h καὶ ante ἀντιφώνοις om. M Arm (Conyb.) συμφώνοις Arm
6 ἁρμονίαις om. M
7 προσόδια C1: προσώδια ceteri τά ante στάσιμα om. C χορείᾳ Arm (Conyb.): χρεία codd. (χρείᾳ v)
8 ἀντιστροφὰς C Arm (Conyb.): ἀντιστρόφους ceteri (v) εἶθ᾿ Α ἑκάτεροι A χορῶν Arm (Coayb.): ἀνδρῶν codd. (v) post ἰδίᾳ καὶ add. τῶν γυναικῶν ἰδία G (Mang.), om. ceteri Arm 8.
9 καθαυτὸν corr. ex καταυτὸν C
9 ἑστιαθῶσι Α, ἑστιαθῇ aute ἰδίᾳ (8) transp. M βακχείαις v (Turn.): βακχικαῖς codd. (Conyb.) σπάσαντες] σπουδάσαντες Α τοῦ om. M
10 εἷς om. Turn.
13 πανολεθρίας C γίνεται] ἐγίνετο coui. Mang. (sed cf. 70,
3 διαφθείρονται) γάρ om. A
14 οἷα τεῖχος M παγέντος M
15 πάσαν] πᾶσιν Arm (Conyb.) εὐρύνετο om. in lac. M 15.
16 δι’ ἧς] δι’ πὗ M
16 λεὼς] λαὸς M ἐπέζευσεν codd. Ann (Conyb.): ἐπέξευξεν v ἀντιπέραν CM (Couyb.): ἀντιπέρας ceteri (v)

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