Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 293

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[293] καὶ γὰρ εἰ τοῖς οἰκήτορσι τῆς χώρας ἀπήχθοντο δυσμενεῖς ὄντες, ἀλλ’ αἰδώς γέ p. 589 M. τις ἢ φόβος εἰσῄει παραλῦσαί τι τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς
νενομισμένων ἐπὶ τιμῇ τοῦ ποιητοῦ τῶν ὅλων καὶ πατρός· ᾔδεσαν γὰρ ἐκ τούτων καὶ τῶν ὁμοιοτρόπων τὰς τῶν θεηλάτων κακῶν φυομένας ἀνηκέστους συμφοράς. ἧς χάριν αἰτίας ἀσεβὲς σπέρμα σπείρειν εὐλαβοῦντο δεδιότες, μὴ θερίζειν ἀναγκασθῶσι τοὺς ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ παντελεῖ
καρπούς.

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.) — 293 focus

[293] for, though enemies have displayed their hostility to the inhabitants of the country, still, either reverence or fear has possessed them sufficiently to prevent them from abrogating any of the laws which were established at the beginning, as tending to the honour of the Creator and Father of the universe; for they knew that it is these and similar actions which bring after them the irremediable calamities of heaven-sent afflictions. On which account they have been careful not to sow an impious seed, fearing lest they should be compelled to reap its natural harvest, in a fruit bearing utter destruction.

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 293

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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