# De Josepho 114

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 114. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/114

ἐπιμελητὴν δὲ τούτων χειροτονητέον ἄνδρα φρονιμώτατον καὶ συνετώτατον καὶ ἐν πᾶσι δόκιμον, ὃς γένοιτ’ ἂν ἱκανὸς ἀμισῶς καὶ ἀνεπάφως εὐτρεπῆ τὰ λεχθέντα ποιεῖν μηδεμίαν αἴσθησιν τοῖς πλήθεσιν ἐνδιδοὺς περὶ τοῦ γενησομένου λιμοῦ· χαλεπὸν γὰρ τὸ προκάμνοντας ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἀναπεσεῖν δυσελπιστίᾳ.

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Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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