Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 216

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[216] ἐφόβουν δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ αἱ πέραν ¹ Εὐφράτου δυνάμεις· ᾔδει γὰρ Βαβυλῶνα καὶ πολλὰς ἄλλας τῶν σατραπειῶν ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων κατεχομένας, οὐκ ἀκοῇ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ πείρᾳ· καθ’ ἕκαστον γὰρ ἐνιαυτὸν ἱεροπομποὶ στέλλονται χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον πλεῖστον κομίζοντες εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τὸν ἀθροισθέντα ἐκ τῶν ἀπαρχῶν, δυσβάτους καὶ ἀτριβεῖς καὶ ἀνηνύτους ὁδοὺς περαιούμενοι, ἃς λεωφόρους εἶναι
νομίζουσιν, ὅτι πρὸς εὐσέβειαν ἄγειν δοκοῦσι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 216 focus

[216] And the state of all the nations which lie beyond the Euphrates added to his alarm; for he was aware that Babylon and many others of the satrapies of the east were occupied by the Jews, knowing this not merely by report but likewise by personal experience; for every year sacred messengers are sent to convey large amounts of gold and silver to the temple, which has been collected from all the subordinate governments, travelling over rugged, and difficult, and almost impassable roads, which they look upon as level and easy inasmuch as they serve to conduct them to piety.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 τῶν διατεταγμένων] διὰ τῶν τεταγμένων G
2 αὐτῶν om. A
3 αὑτῶν] αὐτῶν codd. (v)
4 ἡ MAH (Dahl): ἤδη CGO (v) ; ἢ δὴ coni. Mang.
5 πολεμιωτάτους MH1 (corr. H2 ἀπέχθονται] ἀπομάχονται Α πεφρίκασιν μὲν om.) Α
6 ἅπασιν H1 corr. H2 παρὰ CG εἴτ᾿ Α
7 εἴτ’ A μηδέποτε Η
9 τὸ ἱερὸν] τῶν ἱερῶν Α
11 ἐξωτέρους οὐ corr. ex ὢ) C τοὺς πανταχόθεν CGO: om. ceteri
12 οὐχ om. Turn. ταῦτ’ A
15 ηὕρισκεν GOM ὁμογνομονοῦντας Turn.
16 καθοσιωμένων G καὶ om. M
18 αὐτῶν M
19 ἐδέξατο AH: ἐξεδέξατο CGOM (v)
20 περίβολος A: περίβολον ceteri
21 ἡ οἰκουμένη] ἡκουμένη M
22 τινι] τι Α
23 πολεμίων] δυναμένων H ἀρ’ CA: ἄρα GOMH σφαλερώτερον Α
24 γένοιτο om. CGO (Turn.)
25 τοῦ om. H κατοικοῦντας CGO: οἰκοῦντας ceteri
26 γενναιότατοι H1, corr. H2
27 αἱρομένους (sic) M τῶν πατρίων αἱρουμένους transp. Α
28 δέ CGO: δ’ ceteri
29 ἐλευθέρου CO (Turn.) δ’ Α

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 216

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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