Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 287

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[287] διά τε οὖν τὸ πεφυκέναι καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, αἷς με κατεπλούτισας, θαρρήσας ἂν ἴσως ¹ αἰτήσασθαι τῇ πατρίδι καὶ αὐτός, εἰ καὶ μὴ τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν πολιτείαν, ἐλευθερίαν γοῦν ἢ φόρων ἄφεσιν, οὐδὲν ἀπετόλμησα τοιοῦτον αἰτήσασθαι, τὸ δὲ φορητότατον, χάριν σοὶ μὲν ἀζήμιον δοῦναι, τῇ δὲ πατρίδι λαβεῖν ὠφελιμωτάτην· τί γὰρ ἂν γένοιτο εὐμενείας ἡγεμόνος ὑπηκόοις ἄμεινον ἀγαθόν;

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.) — 287 focus

[287] both because that is my natural disposition, and also in consequence of the number of benefits with which you have enriched me; so that if I in consequence had felt confidence to implore you myself on behalf of my country, if not to grant to it the Roman constitution, at least to confer freedom and a remission of taxes on it, I should not have thought that I had any reason to fear your displeasure for preferring such a petition to you, and for requesting that most desirable of all things, your favour, which it can do you no harm to grant, and which is the most advantageous of all things for my country to receive.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 ἔφην] εἶπον A ἐμοὶ H μέν om. Α ἐστιν C
2 τῶν CGO: om. ceteri
5 παμφιλίαν M τά] καὶ O
6 τοῦ om. O αὐτὸν C (Turn.): αὐτὸν μέν ceteri (Mang.)
8 πελοποννήσου G, pr. ν eras. C, ss. O: peloponqhsoy ceteri
9 μεσταὶ] μετὰ A
10 δοκιμώτατοι GH
11 Bαβυλὼν ΜΑΗ (prob. Mang.): Βαβυλῶνος CGO (v) ἄλλων] ἄνω coui. Maug.
12 αἱ GMAH1 (prob. Mang.): αἲ COH2L (v) ἀρετῶσαν] ἀραρότως CO, ἀραρώτως G ἔχουσαι GOMAH (prob. Mang.): ἔχουσι C (v) 12. ἔχουσιν οἰκήτορας C: οἰκήτορας ἔχουσιν ceteri
13 ὥστ’ ἐὰν Α: ὥστε ἄν ceteri (v) εὐμενείας ἡ ἐμὴ πατρὶς] ἐμῆς ἡ ἐμὴ πατρὶς εὐμενείας Η
14 μυρία M εὐεργετοῦνται CGOA: συνευεργετοῦνται MH (mavult Mang.)
15 λυβικόν Α
16 παράλλόν (sic) M ἁρμόττοι H
17 τύχης] εὐτυχίας Α τῶν] τὸ M
18 συνευεργετεῖν CGO: συνευεργετῆσαι MH, εὐεργετῆσαι Α τῶν om. Α
19 εὐχαριστείας Η καὶ aute ἔπαινοι add. M φιλῶν GO
20 ὅλας Spanheim: ὅλης codd. (v)
23 τῇ om. A
24 ἑτέρων M οὑν ante ἕνεκα add. Α ὕστερον Η 24.
25 εὐνοίας — δεύτερος om. Α
25 τε οὑν MH: τ’ οὖν Α (mavult Mang.), τε CGO (v) τὸ] τοιοῦτος coni. Mang. εὖ post πεφυκέναι add. A
26 κατεπλούτισας GAH: ι κατεπλούτησας COM, κατεπλούτησας L ἴσως] εἶχον Α (mavuit Mang.)

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 287

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