Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 277

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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[277] γραφὴ δὲ μηνύσει μου τὴν δέησιν, ἣν ἀνθ’ ἱκετηρίας προτείνω. πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, αὐτοκράτορ, ἐμπέφυκεν ἔρως μὲν τῆς πατρίδος, τῶν δὲ
οἰκείων νόμων ἀποδοχή· καὶ περὶ τούτων οὐδεμιᾶς ἐστί σοι χρεία διδασκαλίας, ἐκθύμως μὲν στέργοντι τὴν πατρίδα, ἐκθύμως δὲ τὰ πάτρια τιμῶντι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 277 focus

[277] In all men, O emperor! a love of their country is innate, and an eagerness for their national customs and laws. And concerning these matters there is no need that I should give you information, since you have a heart-felt love of your own country, and a deeply-seated respect for your national customs. And what belongs to themselves appears beautiful to every one, even if it is not so in reality; for they judge of these things not more by reason than by the feelings of affection.

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