Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 28

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[28] γράφω πατέρα, υἱὸν δὲ ἐκεῖνον.“ 5 p. 550 M. τούτοις καὶ τοὺς παρόντας ἀπατήσας καὶ τὸ μειράκιον — δέλεαρ γὰρ ἦν ἡ θέσις οὐκ ἐλπιζομένης
ἡγεμονίας, ἀλλ’ ἀφαιρέσεως ἧς εἶχεν ἤδη — τῷ συγκληρονόμῳ καὶ κοινωνῷ δικαίῳ μετὰ πολλῆς ἀδείας οὐδενὸς ἔτι πεφροντικὼς ἐπεβούλευεν. ἡ γὰρ υἱοῦ παντελὴς ἐξουσία κατὰ τοὺς τῶν Ῥωμαίων νόμους ¹ ἀνάκειται πατρί, δίχα τοῦ καὶ ἀνυπεύθυνον ἀρχὴν εἶναι τὴν αὐτοκράτορα, μηδενὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁπωσοῦν πεπραγμένοις λόγον ἀπαιτεῖν τολμῶντος ἢ δυναμένου.

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.) — 28 focus

With these words he deceived both those who were present and the youth himself; for his proposal was a mere bait, his intention being not to invest him with the power which he expected, but to deprive him of even that which he already had, according to the law affecting co-heirs and partners; and accordingly now he plotted against him with absolute fearlessness, having no regard for nor fear of any one; for by the laws of the Romans the most complete and absolute authority over the son belongs to the father, besides the fact of Caius having the imperial authority which was wholly irresponsible, since no one could either venture or had any power to demand an account from him of any thing whatever that he might do.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 ἀπολειφθέντα] ἀποδειχθέντα coni. Mang.
4 πρός ante ἔγκλημα add. CGO οι τοσοῦτον M ὁ δύστηνος εἰς μειράκιον transp. M
5 ἐπεβίωσε
6 ἂν] γὰρ A δι’] δ’ M
7 ἂν ἀποδέδεικτο M, ἀπεδείκνυτο A, ἀποδέδεικτο L
8 ὑπό] ἔπι Ο
9 ἀγαγεῖν OMAH: ἐπαγαγεῖν CG τὴν] τῆ M, τοῦ H1 τῆς H2L
10 κοινωνὸν] κοινὸν εὐεργέτην Α διαβολὴν CA: διαβολὴ 0, διαβολὴ GM, διαμονῆς H ἀποδράσεσθαι CGA (Mang.): ἀποδράσασθαι OMH (Turn.) καταστρατηγῶν σοφίσματι coni. Mang.
11 τοιοῦτον σόφισμ’ transp. Α βουλοίμην coni. Maug. (Dahl) μὲν om. Α
13 τελευτηκότος GH, τελευτήσαντος M
14 pr. καὶ om. H αὐτὸν ἔτ᾿ A om. M
15 ἢ] εἰ AH
16 μία ψυχὴ A ἐπηχθίσθαι CM: ἐπιχθῆσθαι G, ἐπηχθῆσθαι 0, ἐπηχθίσθη Α, ἐπήχθισται H ἔχειν] ἔσχε Α
17 ἐπικουφίζειν H δ’ Α ἔφη seclusit Dah]
18 ὑπερβαλὼν] ὑπερβάς coni. Mang., ὑπερβαίνων coni. Cohn. μὲν CGO: om. ceteri (v)
19 δ’ Α
20 δέλεαρ — θέσις om. Α
21 ἀλλὰ C ἧς Cohn et Wendl. : ἣν codd. (v) εἶχον M τῶ GOAH: τῶν CM συγκληρονόμω Α (coni. Mang.): σκληρονόμων G, συγκληρονόμων ceteri (v) ; συγκληρονομεῖν coni. Ernesti 21.
22 καὶ κοινωνῷ om. OA
22 κοινωνῷ Mang.: κοινωνῶν codd. (v): κοινωνεῖν coni. Ernesti δικαίω CGOH: δικαίων MA (coni. Mang.) οὐδὲν Η
23 τῶν om. MA

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