# De Josepho 123

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 123. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/123

τίς γὰρ ἂν προσεδόκησε μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀντὶ μὲν δούλου δεσπότην, ἀντὶ δὲ δεσμώτου πάντων ἀξιονικότατον, καὶ τὸν ὑποδιάκονον εἱρκτοφύλακος ὕπαρχον βασιλέως ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἀντὶ τῆς εἱρκτῆς τὰ βασίλεια οἰκήσειν, τὰ πρῶτα τῶν ἐπὶ τιμαῖς φερόμενον ἀντὶ τῶν εἰς ἀτιμίαν ἐσχάτων. ἀλλ’ ὅμως καὶ γέγονε ταῦτα καὶ γενήσεται πολλάκις, ὅταν δοκῇ τῷ θεῷ·

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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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