Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 142

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[142] ἀλλ’ εὐγενέστατος κατ’ ἀμφοτέρους τοὺς γονεῖς. ἀλλὰ τὴν παιδείαν; καὶ τίς ἦν φρονιμώτερος ἢ λογιώτερος ἐκείνου τῶν κατ’ αὐτὸν ἀκμασάντων; ἀλλὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν; καὶ ποῖος μᾶλλον ¹² ἢ βασιλέων ἢ αὐτοκρατόρων εὐγήρως; οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔτι νέος ὢν ὁ πρεσβύτης ἐλέγετο δι’ αἰδῶ τὴν περὶ τὴν ἀγχίνοιαν. οὗτος οὖν ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ τοσοῦτος ὑμῖν παρώφθη καὶ παρεσύρη. τί δέ;

Legatio Ad Gaium. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

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Legatio Ad Gaium (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. pera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Virtues and on the Office of Ambassadors. Adressed to Caius First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 142 focus

[142] Was he inferior in birth? No; he was of the most noble blood by both parents. Was he inferior in his education? Who, of all the men who flourished in his time, was either more prudent or more eloquent? Or in his age? What king or emperor ever lived to more prosperous old age than he? Moreover, he, even while he was still a young man, was called the old man as a mark of respect because of his exceeding wisdom. This man, though he was so wise, and so good, and so great, was passed over and disregarded by you.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 τοιούτους Α
2 μήνυσις τῷ] μῆνις αὐτῶ Α πάντων H καθ’ αὑτόν Α (coni. Mang.): κατ’ αὐτόν ceteri (v)
3 οἱ δέ] οὐδέ Turn. (sic primitus C)
4 ἀπολαύσεις H (Turn.)
5 προσαναθῆναι Η εἰς] πρός Α
7 ἐστιν Α ὧν δέκα coni. Cohn
8 τριακοσίοις] τݲ C οἲ ante ἀνάθεσιν add. v; οἷς Mang. (Dahl)
11 γε] τε GO, corr. in γε C
12 κροκωδείλους C πλείονα CG: πλείω ceteri
14 καὶ τεμένη om. Α φήσουσιν L
15 ἄν om. CGO ἀρχόντων] ἐχόντων G
16 εἰώθασιν L
17 εἰσίν CL
19 τοῦ ante Γαίου add Α (v)
20 γέγονεν L εἴκοσι M (v), κݲ CL
21 θαλάσσης θαλάττης ceteri (v) μὴ δὲ CGO: μηδὲν ceteri (v) σπέρματα M; ζώπυρον vel ἐμπύρευμα coni. Mang.
23 ἄχρι] πρό Α τοῦ om. Η
24 πλουσία codd.: πλουσίῳ v
25 ἣν] οὖν M
26 λογιώτερος Α (Mang.): λογικώτερος (κ exp. G) ceteri

2. 15.
16 DK fol. 191r (post locum ad p. 161,26 adlatum) ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς: τὰς τῶν — θεραπεύειν οἱ πλεῖστοι. eadem DV p. 564 (cf. Harris p.
79 sq., qui haec sub Clementis nomine in DP ferri testatur).

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 142

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