Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 115

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[115] ἀλλὰ τὰ μέρη μετατίθεσθαι;
μενεῖ μὲν οὖν ἐν ὁμοίῳ τοὺς τόπους οὐκ ἐναλλάττοντα· οὐ γὰρ ἐποχήσεταί ποτε οὔτε ὕδατι πᾶσα γῆ οὔθ’ ὕδωρ ἀέρι οὔτε ἀὴρ πυρί, ἀλλὰ ¹² τὰ μὲν φύσει βαρέα, γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ, τὸν μέσον ἐφέξει τόπον, γῆς μὲν θεμελίου τρόπον ὑπερειδούσης, ὕδατος δ’ ἐπιπολάζοντος, ἀὴρ δὲ καὶ πῦρ, τὰ φύσει κοῦφα, p. 510 M. τὸν ἄνω, πλὴν οὐχ ὁμοίως· ἀὴρ γὰρ πυρὸς ὄχημα γέγονε, τὸ δ’ ἐποχούμενον ἐξ ἀνάγκης ὑπερφέρεται.

De Aeternitate Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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On the Incorruptibility of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 115 focus

[115] Again, are we to say that the constituent parts of the world are transposed? But at all events they remain in their original positions without any change of place, for never at any time shall the whole earth be raised up above the water, nor the water above the air, nor the air above the fire. But those things which are by nature heavy, namely the earth and the water, will have the middle place, the earth supporting everything like a solid foundation, and the water being above it; and the air and the fire, which are by nature light, will have the higher position, but not equally, for the air is the vehicle of the fire; and that which is carried by anything is of necessity above that which carries it.

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De aeternitate mundi

1.
2 τὸ δὲ HP
3 θεῖον δέ τι διά τὸ μέγεθος scripsi: θεῖον δέ τι μέγεθος codd.: θεῖον δέ τι τέμενος Bernays, θεῖον δέ τι μέγαρον Buecheler, θεῖος δὲ τὸ μέγεθος coni. Cumonet, θεῖον δέ τι, μᾶλλον δέ μέγας θεὸς coni. Wendl.
4 θεῶν Mang.: codd. τὸ δὴ Bernays: τὸ δὲ codd. φθείρ . . . (spat. —3 litt.) M
8 τρόπους] τόπους M συμβέβηκεν M πρόθεσιν U
9 ἀλοίωσιν H, καὶ ἀλλοίωσιν Ε προθέσει V
11 τό I Cumont: τὸ ζ HPE, τὸ ζῆτα U, τοῦ ζῆτα M εἰς H Cumont: εἰς η HPE, εἰς ἦτα MU καὶ τὸ ἡ L (Turn. in textu) ; οὕτω τὸ ζ στοιχεῖον παρὰ τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἐτυπώθη mg Η αἱ om. H παράλληλοι HPE: παραλλήλαις M, παραλλήλους U 12.
13 παρ᾿ ἑκάτερον M
13 μεταβάλλον U
15 προστίθεσθαι v (Turn.): προστίθεται MUHP, προστιθέναι E
16 αὐτοῦ τοῦ ὅλου scripsi: αὐτοῦ ὅλου codd. (v) ; αὖ τοῦ ὅλου coni. Mang., αὐτοῦ ὅλον Hernays, αὐγοῦ· ὅλον Cumont; fortasse ὅλου tamquam glossema secludendum καὶ κρατεῖται HP (Turn.)
17 κόσμος πάλιν E cod. a
18 δ’ post ἔπειτα addidi
20 μενεῖ Bernays: μένει codd. ἐναλλάττοντα UE: ἐναλάττοντα MHP 20.21 ἐποχηθήσεται E
21 οὔτε ὕδατι Buecheler: ἔτι ὕδατι codd. πᾶσα ἡ γῆ E οὔτ’ ἀὴρ U, καὶ οὗτος Ε

2. 3.
4 Doxogr. p. 464,
19 (Arius Didynnis) λέγεσθαι δὲ κόσμον καὶ τὸ οἰκητήριον θεῶν καὶ ἀνθοώπων.

Philo Judaeus De Aeternitate Mundi 115

ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn

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