Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 289

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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[289] καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ταῖς συγγενείαις οἱ πρεσβύτατοι παῖδες τυγχάνουσι πρεσβείων, ὅτι πρῶτοι τὸ πατρὸς καὶ τὸ μητρὸς ὄνομα τοῖς γονεῦσιν ἐφήμισαν, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον, ἐπειδὴ τῶν ἀνατολικῶν πρώτη πόλις αὕτη σε
προσεῖπεν αὐτοκράτορα, δικαία τυγχάνειν πλειόνων ἐστὶν ἀγαθῶν, εἰ δὲ μή, τῶν γοῦν ἴσων.

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.) — 289 focus

[289] for, as in families the eldest children receive the highest honours as their birthright, because they were the first to give the name of father and mother to their parents, so, in like manner, since this is first of all the cities in the east to salute you as emperor, it ought to receive greater benefit from you than any other; or if not greater, at all events as great as any other city.

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