Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 137

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[137] τί οὖν θαυμαστόν,
εἰ μὴ τὰ ὄρη ταῖς τῶν ὑετῶν φοραῖς ἐξανήλωται, τῆς συνεχούσης αὐτὰ δυνάμεως, ὑφ’ ἧς καὶ διανίσταται, μάλα παγίως καὶ κραταιῶς ἐνειλημμένης; λυθέντος γὰρ δεσμοῦ τοῦ συνέχοντος, εἰκὸς ἦν διαλυθῆναι καὶ πρὸς ὕδατος σκεδασθῆναι, δυνάμει δὲ σφιγγόμενα τῇ τοῦ πυρὸς
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De Aeternitate Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

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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.) — 137 focus

[137] Why then need we wonder if the mountains are not entirely washed away by the impetuosity of the rains, when so great a power, which keeps them together, and by which they are raised up, is very firmly and steadfastly connected with them? For if they were released from the bond which holds them together, it would be natural for them to be entirely dissolved and to be dispersed by the water; but since they are bound together by this power of fire, they resist the impetuosity of the rains more surely. 26 These things, then, may be said by us with respect to the argument that the inequalities of the surface of the earth are no proof of the world having been created and being liable to destruction;

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De aeternitate mundi

1.
1 οὔτε ῥήμαθ᾿ ἡμῶν H(P?): οὐ ῥήμαθ’ ἡμῶν MU, οὔθ’ ἡμέτερον ῥῆμα E (fortasse recte) παλαιὰ σοφῶν] παλαιῶν καὶ σοφῶν E (fortasse recte)
3 ἐλαύνηται ME: ἐλαυνεται UHP
4 στείχει] ἔχει U, στείχῃ Η ἄνω E: ἄνωθεν MUHP
5 πολλὴν codd.: πολὺ v (Turn.) ὅσην M: ὅσον UHPE (v) οἷόν τε HPE: οἷόν τ’ U, εἰ οἷόν τε M; ἀεὶ οἷόν τε Bernays ᾖ] ἣν M 5.
6 ἕξω δ’ ἐπιγενόμενον ἐπιγινόμενον E) corrnptum; ἡ δ’ ἔξωθεν ἐπιγενομένη Bernays, ἔξω δ’ ἐπιγενομένου Buecheler, ἔξω δ’ ἐπειγόμενον coni. Wendle.
6 φέρεται βραδύτερον Mang. (Bernays): φέρεσθαι βραχυτέραν codd. φέρεσθαι βραδύτερον Cumont) καὶ Bernays: ἡ καὶ MUHP, ἢ καὶ Ε; ἡ δὲ Diels (Cumont)
7 στέλλεται] συστέλλεται Ε κορυφουμένη] ἀποκορυφουμένη v (Turn.)
8 τὸ aute πυρός om. UE
10 συρραξάντων codd.: συρρηξάντων v (Turn.) τὴν οἰκίαν P
11 πρὸς add. Turn. in append., om. codd. ἀντιτείνοντος MUE: ἐπιτείνοντος HP (Turn.) πῦρ] πυρῶν E (sed πῦρ cod. a) γῆν om. Cumont, errore ut vid.; τὴν Diels
13 τ τοῦ πυρὸς (sic) M ἀνωφοίτῳ· ME: ἄνω φοιτῶσα U, οὐρανοφοίω HP (Turn.) ἐπελαφρισθεῖσα E 13.
14 verba μετέωρος ἐξαίρεται καὶ κρατηθεῖσα om. UE
14 post δυνατωτέρας add. βίας Cumont
15 κἀνίσταται Diels: καὶ ἵσταται codd.; καὶ διανίσταται coni. Mang.
16 ταῖς om. M συνεχούσης] ἐχούσης PL (Turn.)
18 γρ. ἐνειλημένης Turn. in append. λυθέντος UE: λυθέντα MHP (Turn.)
19 ὕδατα E
20 στεγανώτερον Ε: στεγανώτερα MUHP (v)

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