Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 121

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[121] τὴν δὲ Δῆλον καὶ Ἀνάφην ὠνόμασαν δι’ ἀμφοτέρων ὀνομάτων πιστούμενοι τὸ λεγόμενον, ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἀναφανεῖσα δήλη ἐγένετο, ἀδηλουμένη καὶ ἀφανὴς οὖσα τὸ πάλαι. διὸ
καὶ Πίνδαρος ἐπὶ τῆς Δήλου φησί·

"Χαῖρ’, ὦ θεοδμάτα, λιπαροπλοκάμου

παίδεσσι Λατοῦς ἱμεροέστατον ἔρνος,

πόντου θύγατερ, χθονὸς εὐρείας ἀκίνητον τέρας, ἅν τε βροτοὶ

Δᾶλον κικλῄσκουσιν, μάκαρες δ’ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ τηλέφαντον κυανέας χθονὸς

ἄστρον.“

¹² θυγατέρα γὰρ πόντου τὴν Δῆλον εἴρηκε τὸ λεχθὲν αἰνιττόμενος.

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.) — 121 focus

[121] And they used to call Delos Anaphe, confirming the account here given by both names, since when it appeared above the waters ¹ it became evident, ² having been formerly invisible and unseen. ³ on which account Pindar says respecting Delos—

"Hail, island raised by God,

Chosen abode

Of fair Latona’s son with golden hair.

Hail, ocean’s youngest child,

The last immoveable domain

That o’er his bosom smiled.

Upraised from beneath the billowy main

Mortals may call you Delos, but the choir

That dwells upon Olympus’ height,

Their chosen bards inspire

To praise thee as earth’s brightest, holiest light."

⁴ For Pindar has here called Delos the daughter of the ocean, intending by this enigmatical expression to convey the idea which I have mentioned.

Notes on the current edition

De aeternitate mundi

1.
1 τῆ συνεχεῖ M: τῇ συνεχείᾳ coni. Buecheler κολάπτουσα κλάπτουσα E cod. r, βαλάπτουσα E cod. a, καλύπτουσα U
2 σκληρόγεω scripsi: σκληρόγεων codd. λιθοδεστάτην H
3 ἡ γε] εἴ γε IIP θάλαττα Cumont δὲ Ε
5 θαλάττης ME: θαλάσσης UHP
6 διεφάνισαν M
7 γραφεῖσαι E τὴν δέ Δῆλον—110,
1 αἰνιττόμενος om. E Ἀνάφην v (Turn.): ἀναγραφὴν UHP ἀναγράφειν M S ἐπειδὴ γὰρ M: ἐπειδὴ UH(P?) ; cf. Vahlen ad Arist. Poet. p. 131 3
9 δήλη codd.: δῆλος Diels coll. Eur. Med. 1197 (Cumont) 9.
10 verba διὸ καὶ Πίνδαρας—110,
1 αἰνιττόμενος post εἴωθεν ἀποβράττεσθαι (110, 6) exhibent codd., huc transponenda esse vidit Buecheler
11 χαῖρ’ ὦ] U θεοδμάτα Boeckh: θεόδμητα M (Mang.), θεότμητα U, θεοτίμητε HP (Turn.)
12 παίδεσσι Boeckh: παῖδ’ οἱ M, παῖδες οἱ UHP παῖδες ᾖ Turn., παιδὸς Mang.)
13 ἀκίνητον] ἄκμητον U ἅ ἄν Η
14 Δαλὸν] δ’ ἄλλον Η κικλήσκοισιν Bergk μάκαρες] μάκαρ M τηλέφαντον Bergk: τηλέφατον codd. κυανέας v (Turn.): κυαναίας UH(P?), κυανοίας M: κρανάας coni. Mang.

2.
4 sqq. Plin. N. H. II 202 nascuutur et alio modo terrae ac repente in ajiquo mari emergunt, velut paria secum faciente natura quaeque hauserit hiatus alio loco reddente. clarae iam pridem insulae Delos et Rhodos memoriae produntur; et natae postea minofes ultra Melon Anaphe . . . Amm. Marcell. XVII 7,
13 fiunt autem terrarum motus uiodis quattuor: aut enira brasmatiae sunt, qui humum intus susciTantes sursum propellunt immanissimas moles, ut in Asia Delos emersit et Hiera et Anaphe et Rhodos.
7 sqq. Apoll. Rhod. IV 1709 sqq. Apollod. Bibl. I 139 (Argonautae) πλέοντες δέ νυκτὸς σφοδρῷ περιπίπτουσι χειμῶνι. Ἀπόλλων δὲ στὰς ἐπὶ τὰς Μελαντίους δειράς τοξεύσας Ttjji βέλει εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν κατήστραψεν. οἱ δέ πλησίον ἐθεάσαντο νῆσον, τῴ δὲ παρὰ προσδοκίαν ἀναφανῆναι προσορμισθέντες Ἀνάφην ἐκάλεσαν. errat Philo, cum Delum et Anaphen eandem esse insulam dicit.
9 Callim. Ilymn. IV 53. Orac. Sihyll. III 363 ἐσεῖται Δῆλος ἄδηλος.
10 Pind. frg.
87 (Bergk).

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