# Fragmenta 85

Nicolaus Damascenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg3_NICOLAUS_DAMASCENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/nicolaus-damascenus/fragmenta/85

Φίλος δέ τις Ὑρκανοῦ Ἰδουμαῖος, Ἀντίπατρος λεγόμενος, πολλῶν μὲν εὐπορῶν χρημάτων, δραστήριος δὲ τὴν φύσιν ὢν καὶ στασιαστὴς, ἀλλοτρίως εἶχε πρὸς τὸν Ἀριστόβουλον καὶ διαφόρως, διὰ τὴν πρὸς Ὑρκανὸν εὔνοιαν. Νικόλαος μέντοι φησὶν ὁ Δαμασκηνὸς τοῦτον εἶναι γένος ἐκ τῶν πρώτων Ἰουδαίων τῶν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἀφικομένων. Ταῦτα δὲ λέγει χαριζόμενος Ἡρώδῃ τῷ παιδὶ αὐτοῦ, βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐκ τύχης τινὸς γενομένῳ· περὶ οὗ κατὰ καιρὸν δηλώσομεν.

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NICOLAUS DAMASCENUS, Fragmenta. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0577.tlg003.local002/.
