# Fragmenta 8

Numenius of Apamea, Fragmenta, Fragment 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/numenius-of-apamea/fragmenta/8

8 Καὶ ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ δὲ βίβλῳ Μωσέως ὁ αὐτὸς τάδε λέγων μνημονεύει. Τὰ δ’ ἐξῆς Ἰαννῆς καὶ Ἰαμβρῆς Αἰγύπτιοι ἱερογραμματεῖς, ἄνδρες οὐδενὸς ἥττους μαγευταὶᵃ κριθέντες εἶναι, ἐπὶ Ἰουδαίων ἐξελαυνομένων ἐξ Αἰγύπτου. Μουσαίῳᵇ γοῦν τῷ Ἰουδαίων ἐξηγησαμένῳ, ἀνδρὶ γενομένῳ θεῷ εὔξασθαι δυνατωτάτῳ, οἱ παραστῆναι ἀξιωθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τοῦ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, οὗτοι ἦσαν, τῶν τε συμφορῶν ἃς ὁ Μουσαῖος ἐπῆγε τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, τὰς νεανικωτάτας αὐτῶν ἐπιλύεσθαι ὤφθησαν δυνατοί. Διὰ δὴ τούτων ὁ Νουμήνιος καὶ τοῖς ὑπὸ Μωσέως ἐπιτελεσθεῖσι παραδόξοις θαύμασι, καὶ αὐτῷ δὲ ὡς θεοφιλεῖ γενομένῳ μαρτυρεῖ.

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Numenius of Apamea, Fragmenta, ed. Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach. 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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