# Ἰωσήπου βίος 224

Flavius Josephus, Ἰωσήπου βίος, Section 224. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/flavius-josephus/text-4/224

καὶ ὡς μὴ προανεγνωκώς, ἀλλὰ μετὰ χεῖρας αὐτὴν ἔχων, προσέταξα τῷ στρατιώτῃ δραχμὰς εἴκοσι ἐφόδιον δοθῆναι. τοῦ δὲ λαβόντος καὶ χάριν ἔχειν φήσαντος συνεὶς τὴν αἰσχροκέρδειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὡς ταύτῃ μάλιστά ἐστιν ἁλώσιμος, ἀλλʼ εἰ συμπιεῖν ἡμῖν, ἔφην, θελήσειας, λήψει κατὰ κύαθον δραχμὴν μίαν. ὁ δʼ ἄσμενος ὑπήκουσεν,

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Flavius Josephus, Ἰωσήπου βίος, ed. Benedikt Niese. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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