Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 308

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[308] θάνατον ἀπαραίτητον ὑπομένει. τοσαύτη τίς ἐστιν ἡ
περὶ τὰ ἄδυτα φυλακὴ τοῦ νομοθέτου μόνα ἐκ πάντων ἄβατα καὶ ἄψαυστα βουληθέντος αὐτὰ διατηρεῖσθαι. πόσους ἂν οὖν οἴει θανάτους ¹ ἑκουσίως ὑπομένειν τοὺς περὶ ταῦτα ὡσιωμένους, εἰ θεάσαιντο τὸν ἀνδριάντα εἰσκομιζόμενον; ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκοῦσι γενεὰς ὅλας αὐταῖς γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις ἀποσφάξαντες ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν οἰκείων πτώμασιν ἑαυτοὺς τελευταῖον καθιερεύσειν. ταῦτα μὲν Τιβέριος ἔγνω.

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.) — 308 focus

[308] so great are the precautions taken by our lawgiver with respect to the holy of holies, as he determined to preserve it alone inaccessible to and untouched by any human being. "How many deaths then do you not suppose that the people, who have been taught to regard this place with such holy reverence, would willingly endure rather than see a statue introduced into it? I verily believe that they would rather slay all their whole families, with their wives and children, and themselves last of all, in the ruins of their houses and families, and Tiberius knew this well.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 καὶ ante pr. μήτε add. M 1.
2 alt. μήτε—ἐργάσασθαι om. Α
4 δεῖ CGO: δ’ ceteri
5 γράφωσι G δεκτικωτάτας M διαναγνοὺς Mang.: διάρους codd. (v)
6 πιλᾶτον om. M, πιλάτος L (Turn.) pr. δὲ CGO: δ’ ceteri ὀργίσθη M
7 ὀργὴ O, ὁρμὴ M ἐξαυτοῦ C αὑτοῦ Η: αὐτοῦ ceteri
8 γὰρ om. Turn. οὑδὲ CGO (Mang.): οὐδ’ ceteri: οὐδὲν Turn. μυρία] μωρίαν O μὲν] μὲν οὖν H
9 δὲ CGO: δ’ ceteri
10 καθελεῖν] κατελθεῖν C μετακομισθῆναι Α (Mang.): μετεκομίσθη CGOMH: μετεκομίσθησαν Turn.
11 προπάππου] προσώπου M
12 σεβαστείω OA (Mang.): σεβαστίω CGMH (Turn.) καὶ ante ἀμφότερα add. A ἑφυλάχθησαν A
14 οὐδὲ H ἀνεζωγράφη τὸ M
15 δὲ om. L κολοσιαῖος Ο
16 οἴκω Α
17 κά αὐτὰ ἰὰ] κατὰ τὰ H: κατ’ αὐτὰ Turn.
19 εἰρήνην] εὐθηνίαν coni. Mang.
20 που om. MA
21 ἀλλὰ] ἀλλὰ καὶ Ο τὴν om. H τὸν CGAH: τῶν O, τ (sic) M πρώτην M
22 alt. ἢ om. L καὶ om. MA ἐκείνους G, ς ss. H συνέλθη Α 22.
23 συνεισέλθη — pr. ἢ om. Η1, in marg. κᾶν add. H2
22 κἂν] καὶ M
23 alt. καὶ om. GO
26 αὐτὰ om. Α οὖν om. OA οἴη GA εἴη O θανάτους Α (Mang.): θάντον ceteri (Turn.)

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 308

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