Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 48

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[48] φθόνος γὰρ οὐδέποτε πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐκράτησεν, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὰς μεγάλας αὐτῆς ἀποτομάς, ὅλην Εὐρώπην ἢ ὅλην Ἀσίαν· ἀλλ’ ἰοβόλου τρόπον ἑρπετοῦ φωλεύει βραχέσιν εἰσερπύσας χωρίοις ἀνδρὶ ἑνὶ ἢ οἴκῳ ἑνὶ ἤ, εἴ ποτε πολὺς ἄγαν πνέοι,
πόλει μιᾷ· πρὸς δὲ μείζονα κύκλον ἔθνους ἢ χώρας οὐ πρόσεισι, καὶ ¹ μάλιστα ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ ὑμέτερον γένος τὸ Σεβαστὸν ὄντως ἤρξατο πρυτανεύειν τῶν πανταχοῦ πάντων.

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.) — 48 focus

[48] for envy has never obtained a dominion over the whole of the habitable world, nor even over those great divisions of it, the whole of Europe or the whole of Asia, but it lurks in holes like a venomous reptile, creeping out in small districts to attack an individual man, or a single family, or, if it is very violent and powerful, perhaps one city; but it never attacks a larger circle of a whole nation or a whole country, especially ever since your august family has really begun to rule over all men in every part of the world.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

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2 ᾠδῆς] ὀργῆς A ὀρχήσεως ἡ ᾠδῆς transp. C
3 ὁμοτρόπων Η
4 ποιμένα τινὰ CGOD: τινὰ ποιμένα transp. ceteri (v)
5 ἀπό om. Α οἱ ὁτινοσοῦν M ὲφ᾿] πρὸς M λόγου] ζώου D
6 παρατυγχάνης Α, παρατυγχάνη G τοῖς] τὰς M
8 τὸν om. Α εἰ τὰ] εἶτα OM
9 δέ om. D καὶ ἡδονὴν αὐτὸ μόνον D: καὶ ἡδονὴν μόνην CGO, μόνην καὶ ἡδονὴν transp. ceteri (v)
11 λαμπροὺς ante λαμβάνειν add.
12 δὲ om. CGO
13 τέχνη om. L (Turn.) πασῶν τέχνη transp. M
15 καὶ ὁλκάσιν coni. Mang.
16 ἀντεκτείνουσιν MHD (Mang.), ἀντικτένουσιν
17 δ’ CA: δὲ ceteri (v)
20 εἰσερπίσας M ἄγαν Α: ἀγαπᾶν ceteri πνέει A
21 χώρας ἡ ἔθνους transp. A πρόεισι MA (coni. Mang.)

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 48

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