Philo Judaeus, In Flaccum, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 3

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[3] παντάπασιν οὖν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον πραγματειῶν ἐθὰς γίνεται· πολύτροποι δ’ εἰσὶ καὶ ποικίλαι, μόλις τοῖς ἐκ πρώτης ἡλικίας τὸ ἔργον ἐπιτήδευμα πεποιημένοις γνωριζόμεναι. περιττὸς ὄχλος ἦσαν οἱ γραμματεῖς, ¹² ἤδη πρὸς πάντα μικρὰ καὶ μεγάλα φθάνοντος αὐτοῦ ταῖς ἐμπειρίαις, ὡς μὴ μόνον ὑπερβαλεῖν ἀλλὰ χάριν ἀκριβείας ἀντὶ γνωρίμου διδάσκαλον γεγενῆσθαι τῶν τέως ὑφηγητῶν.

In Flaccum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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Against Flaccus First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 3 focus

[3] Accordingly in a short time he became perfectly acquainted with the affairs of Egypt, and they are of a very various and diversified character, so that they are not easily comprehended even by those who from their earliest infancy have made them their study. The scribes were a superfluous body when he had made such advances towards the knowledge of all things, whether important or trivial, by his extended experience, that he not only surpassed them, but from his great accuracy was qualified instead of a pupil to become the instructor of those who had hitherto been the teachers of all other persons.

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In Flaccum

1. 1.
2 Φίλωνος εἰς φλάκκον M, εἰς φλάκκον Η: φλάκκος ψεγόμενος G (= Phot. Bibl. cod. 105), Φίλωνος ἱστορία πάνυ ὠφέλιμος καὶ tw βίω χρήσιμος τὰ κατά τόν φλάκκον ἤτοι περὶ προνοίας Α Libelli partem, qua exponebatur Seiani acerbitas adversus ludaeos eiusque exitium (cf. p. 154,
7 καί), deperisse recte animadvertit Massebieau
4 ἀούλλιος G, ϊούλιος Α
6 ἄντικρυς oui. Turn.
8 ἐπιὼν G: ἐπὶ ceteri (v) τοὺς om. G
9 ἁπανταχοῦ M πάντας G: om. ceteri (v) 9.
10 ἰσχὺς
06 πρόσεστι CMGA (Anton. Mel.): ἰ. ἐστιν οὐδαμῶς Η (Turn.) ; οὐ πρόσεστιν ἰσχὺς Mang.
10 ἐπιβολὰς coni. Mang.
11 οὑν Α: om. ceteri (v) ἐν]ἐπὶ G
12 Ἱβήρου scripsi (cf. Dio C. LVIII 19,
6 et Dessau, Prosopogr. imp. Rom. II 143): βήρου G, σεβήρου celeri (v) #x003E; Αἴγυπτον coni. Cohn
15 προχειρότατα L (Turn.) 16.
17 παντάπασι γοῦν G
18 δὲ M τοῖς] τοῖς] τῆς M

2. 9—11 C fol. 123v ἐκ τοῦ περὶ Φλάλ κου λόγου DR fol. 247v τοῦ II
86 Col. 1208 Φίλωνος: οἷς ἰσχὺς — κατορθοῦσιν.

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