Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 343

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[343] εἰ δέ τισι ¹ καὶ δωρεὰν ἔδωκεν ἀργύριον, οὐχ ὡς δάνειον ἀνέπραττε τόκους προσεκλέγων καὶ ἐπιτοκίας, ἀλλ’ ὡς φώριον μετὰ μεγίστης τῶν λαβόντων ζημίας· οὐ γὰρ ἐξήρκει τὰ δοθέντα τοῖς ἀθλίοις ἀποτιννύειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς οὐσίας ὅλας προσεισέφερον, ἃς ἢ παρὰ γονέων ἢ παρ’ οἰκείων ἢ φίλων ἐκληρονόμουν ἢ ποριστὴν ἑλόμενοι βίον ἐκτήσαντο αὐτοὶ δι’ ἑαυτῶν.

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.) — 343 focus

[343] And if he ever gave any one a sum of money as a gift, he demanded it back again at some future time, not a simple loan but he also required interest and compound interest, and often treating the persons themselves who had received it from him as thieves, and punishing them with the severest penalties for having stolen it; for he was not contented that those miserable men should return what had been given to them, but he compelled them also to give up all their property which they had inherited from their parents, or relations, or from any friends, or which, having selected a life of industry and profit, they had acquired by their own resources.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 δὲ CGO: δ’ ceteri
3 κολοσιαῖον O
4 τὸν] τῶν GOH τῇ om. Turn. κινήση H1 corr. Η2
5 ἀπηλλαγμένον G
7 ἱδρύσηται Α: ἱδρύσεται CGOH, ἱδρύσεται M
8 περίπλω M εἰς om. M
9 ἄληκτος CGO τις CGO: om. ceteri αὐτὸν ἔρως CGO: ἔρως αὐτὸν ceteri κατεῖχεν C
10 ἐπόθη G
12 γεγεννηκέναι CAH1: γεγενηκέναι GOMH2 συναυξήσειν codd.: συναυξῆσαι v 12.
13 γενέσθαι A
13 καλῷ om. G
14 pr. εἴτε CGO: εἴτ᾿ ceteri
15 ἐπιχειρεῖ Α ἄλλα L
16 ἄπιστος] ἄστατος coni. Mang.
17 ταυτὶ codd.: τουτὶ v 20.
21 τὴν — προσδοκησάντων om. Α
20 ἑτέρωθεν M
21 αὑτοῖς AH: αὐτοῖς ceteri ἄξια CGO: ἄξιον ceteri πεπραχόσιν AH (prob. Mang.): πεπραγόσιν M, πεπραχέναι CGO (v)
22 ὑπερβάλουσαν M
23 ἀποφεύξασθαι CG
25 διῆλθεν C
26 πέμψας Α τινὰ Turn.
28 ὡς ante εὐτυχέστατα add. M ἀθρόον Ο ἀνήρει CGO: ἀναιρεῖ ceteri (v)

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 343

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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