Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 223

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[223] ᾤετο γάρ, εἰ προμαλάξειε τούτους, δυνήσεσθαι δι’ αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην πληθὺν ἅπασαν ἀναδιδάξαι μὴ ἐναντιοῦσθαι· γνώμης δέ, ὡς εἰκός, διημάρτανε. πληχθέντας γάρ φασιν ὑπὸ τῶν πρώτων ῥημάτων εὐθὺς αὐτοὺς ἀήθους κακοῦ
διηγήσει καταπαγῆναι καὶ ἀχανεῖς γενομένους φοράν τινα δακρύων ὥσπερ ἀπὸ πηγῶν ἀθρόαν ἐκχεῖν, τὰ γένεια καὶ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς τίλλοντας καὶ τοιαῦτα ἐπιλέγοντας·

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.) — 223 focus

[223] for he thought that if he could previously weaken their resolution he would be able by their means to work upon all the rest of the multitude and to persuade them not to oppose the will of the emperor; but, as was natural, he was wholly disappointed in his expectations; for it is said indeed that they were amazed at his first words, and that at first they were utterly overwhelmed by his announcement of their real danger and misery, and that they stood speechless and poured forth a ceaseless abundance of tears as if from a fountain, tearing their beards and the hair of their head, and saying,

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 223

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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