Philo Judaeus, Legatio Ad Gaium, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 7

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[7] εἰ καὶ τὰς κολαστηρίους ἐν εὐεργέτισι τακτέον, οὐ μόνον ἐπειδὴ νόμων καὶ θεσμῶν εἰσι μοῖραι —
νόμος γὰρ ἐκ δυοῖν συμπληροῦσθαι πέφυκε, τιμῆς ἀγαθῶν καὶ πονηρῶν κολάσεως —, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ἡ κόλασις νουθετεῖ καὶ σωφρονίζει πολλάκις μὲν καὶ τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας, εἰ δὲ μή, πάντως γοῦν τοὺς πλησιάζοντας· αἱ γὰρ ἑτέρων τιμωρίαι βελτιοῦσι τοὺς πολλοὺς φόβῳ τοῦ μὴ παραπλήσια παθεῖν.

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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.) — 7 focus

[7] Unless, indeed, we ought to class his correction among his beneficent powers, not only because such a display is a portion of his laws and ordinances (for law is made up of two things, the honour of the good, and the chastisement of the wicked), but also because punishment reproves, and very often even corrects, and ameliorates those who have done wrong; and if it fails to do so with respect to them, at all events it does so to those who are near the offenders thus punished; for the punishment of others makes most men better, for fear lest they themselves should suffer the same things.

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Legatio Ad Gaium

1.
1 κἂν εἰ ἄπιστοι CGO (Mang.): ἱκανὴ πίστις ceteri: κἀν ἱκαναὶ πίστεις Tum. γεγόνασιν L τινες CGO: om. ceteri
2 οἰκετικοῦ Α
3 ἱκανὴ Α τοῦ seclusi, τὸ coni. Wendl.
5 χρημάτων om. Α τε ἰδίων transp. O
6 εἰ] ἡ L ὑφηγητῶν ἡ πρεσβυτέρων ἢ γονέων ἢ ἀρχόντων transp. A
8 καὶ πλήρωμα coni. Mang. ἀνευρήσειν Turn. (v): ἀνεύρεσιν codd.
9 καὶ om. Α
10 καὶ καλὸν om. M, post εὔδαιμον transp. εὔδομον M δὲ δεῖ Mang. : δεῖ codd. (v)
11 μακ αριότητος] μακαριώτατος Η1, μακαριώτατον H2 μακαρίου L (Turn.)
12 δ’ Α δή H: δεῖ CGA, corr. iu δή MO
14 πάντα C ἄλλη καὶ A
15 ἐπιβάθραις D ἐπιβόθρα (sic) L χρήσασθαι Α 16.
17 εὐθυβόλων καὶ εὐσκόπων D
17 τοῦτ’ MA
18 καὶ προνοητικῆς om. Α προνητικῆς M
19 μὴ post εἰ add. Α (Mang.), om. ceteri (Turn.)
20 εἰσιν C
21 δυεῖν C συμπληροῦσθαι CGOM (Mang.): πληροῦσθαι AH (Turu.) πέφυκεν C πονηρῶν] μωρῶν A
22 σωφρονίζει καὶ νουθετεῖ transp. DK
23 pr. τοὺς om. DP
24 ποθεῖν] post haec lacunam statueudam esse recte animadvertit Massebieau

2. 13—17 DC fol. 45v DR fol, 23r DL fol. 27r ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Γάιον πρεσβείας: οὐ φθάνει — βημάτων. 22—
24 DK fol. 253r ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Γάιον πρεσβείας DR fol. 259r τοῦ αὐτοῦ DP fol. 324v DV p. 683: ἡ κόλασις νουθετεῖ — παθεῖν.

Philo Judaeus Legatio Ad Gaium 7

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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