Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 183

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[183] τὸ δὲ δὴ καὶ προνομίας οἴεσθαι τυγχάνειν παρ’ ἀλλοεθνεῖ καὶ νέῳ καὶ αὐτεξουσίῳ δεσπότῃ μὴ καὶ μανίας ἐγγύς ἐστιν; ἀλλ’ ἔοικε τῇ τῶν ἄλλων Ἀλεξανδρέων p. 573 M. μερίδι προσκεῖσθαι, ᾗ διδοὺς προνομίαν θᾶττον ὑπέσχετο δικάσειν, ἐὰν ἄρα μὴ τὸν ἴσον καὶ
κοινὸν ἀκροατὴν ὑπερβὰς ἀντὶ δικαστοῦ γένηται τῶν μὲν συναγωνιστής, ἡμῶν δὲ ἀντίπαλος.“

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.) — 183 focus

[183] but to expect to be looked upon as worthy to receive especial privileges and precedence, by a master who was of a different nation and a young man and an absolute monarch, would have seemed like insanity. But it would seem that he was showing civility to the whole district of the Alexandrians, to which he was thus giving a privilege, when promising to give his decision speedily; unless, indeed, disregarding the character of a fair and impartial hearer, he was intending to be a fellow suitor with our adversaries and an enemy of ours, instead of behaving like a judge."

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 183

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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